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10 CEU Facts You May NOT Know

If you have earned an AAPC credential, you’ll want to keep that hard-earned certification in good standing. You do that by meeting continuing education units (CEU) requirements. Here are 10 things that make fulfilling CEU requirements easier and more cost-efficient. Understand Your Requirements How many CEUs you need to earn are based on how many […]

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Know When You Can — and Cannot — Waive Patient Copays

You may think you are doing your patients a favor when you write off their copays for your providers’ services. But you may hurt yourself badly in the process if you do. That’s because your practice’s generosity in waiving a patient’s financial responsibility may be violating the terms of your contract with a private payer, […]

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The More You Know About Lyme Disease the Easier It Is to Code

The pesky illness can be diagnosed properly by knowing the signs and symptoms and detecting it with pathology. Lyme disease is a common vector-borne illness in the United States, with more than 300,000 cases each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The most prevalent areas for outbreaks are in the […]

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Get to Know Apotemnophilia, Now Coined Xenomelia

Over the years “foreign limb syndrome,” once coined apotemnophilia, has changed names many times. You may have heard it called: Body integrity dysphoria (BID) Body integrity identity disorder (BIID) Amputee identity disorder Somatoparaphrenia The most recent label to the syndrome is xenomelia, which literally translates to “foreign limb.” Whatever the name you identify the syndrome with, […]

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Let Us Know When You Change Proctors

Occasionally officers get exams scheduled and then changes must be made to the proctors. When this happens, it is imperative to contact AAPC immediately to report the names of the new proctors. First, it may impact where the exams are being sent, but also if AAPC needs to contact the proctors before the exam, the […]

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Does anyone know where to find general updated CDPS (Medicaid) risk adjustment info?

I am studying and starting to work with the CDPS Medicaid risk adjustment model and just cannot find much information explaining the model and the ICD-10-CM codes that are included. Nothing in cms.gov. I found two papers but the most recent is from 2002!!

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

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Do You Know What an Annual Wellness Visit Is?

Annual Wellness Visits (AWV) are covered by Medicare annually, but they are often confused with other types of examinations, so the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published an MLN booklet to help medical coders and their providers keep them all straight. Annual Wellness Visit Components AWVs are only provided annually. The AWV […]

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SNF therapy contracts: Your risks and what you need to know

SNF therapy contracts: Your risks and what you need to know

Q: How long does the SNF need to retain background and licensing documentation of the therapist working for a contract company?

 

A: The SNF needs to retain background and licensing documentation of the therapist for a contract company for the same amount of time as it does for its employees. You should follow whatever your record retention requirement is for your employees, and there should be a statute of limitation within your state. Usually if the therapist was there, involved in the care and treatment of patients, and anything comes up, there’s no statute of limitation you should know.

With billing fraud, there’s no statute of limitation. On any kind of care fraud, or any kind of abuse and neglect, if those issues arise, I typically suggest that if you’ve got a seven-year statute of limitation, you maintain records for seven years.

 

Q: Do you recommend shared risk or indemnification clauses for Medicare consultants who come in and make recommendations on RUG levels?

A: Yes, I recommend shared risk clauses for consultants who come in, especially if they’re going to come in on a preemptory basis and decide the RUG levels you should bill. I do expect shared risk. Anybody who’s involved in that Medicare billing process is going to have input into what we bill. That is a contractor separate from the SNF. The SNF can’t essentially indemnify itself. But if the SNF is using somebody to do any of that work and be part of the coding, part of the auditing, and ultimately part of the RUGs, you need to be part of that process of indemnification.

SNF providers need to be part of that process of shared risk?the only way I could make sure that I can indemnify the SNF for the activities of its contractors and anybody who is part of that process is to say, “If you’re going to give me advice and you’re going to be part of this and you’re going to say, ‘Yeah, I’m an expert, I know what ought to be billed, etc.’ and I have to rely on that, my answer is, ‘Okay, I’m happy to do that, but here’s the deal. If in fact you’re wrong and this turns out to be incorrect, you’re going to be responsible for the losses. And at least a portion or a portion thereof, and we’re going to have some shared risk and indemnification as well.’ ”

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Know 2018 Salaries with New Calculator

AAPC  just relaunched the Salary Survey Calculator tool based on the results of the 2018 Healthcare Salary Survey. The updated tool is refreshed with a new look and data from nearly 20,000 respondents, more than any other survey in the business of healthcare industry. Get Specific Info on Salaries in Your Area The Salary Survey Calculator allows […]

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