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Published by: Billing-Coding, Inc

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Description: Our in-depth articles cover coding, billing, compliance, reimbursement, legal issues, career advancement, office management, auditing, and more.

Type: Print & Digital - USA

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The below articles are all published in BC advantage Magazine and written and contributed by BC Advantage

5 Minutes with... Jennifer P. Adams, CPC, CMC, CPMA, PCS, CFPC The certifications that I have obtained through AAPC, PMI, ACMCS, and NAMAS, just reinforce the knowledge that I have obtained and lend credibility to others that you do know what you are doing. The initials after your name tend to make people listen... Read Audit-proof your practice: Be prepared for RACs and MICs Ready or not, Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audits are a permanent program for Medicare providers. Although physician practices have long faced the possibility of an audit by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of In... Read Consultations for Medicare are now a four-letter word - Gone! While CMS will continue to recognize telehealth consultation G-codes for payment consideration, it stopped recognizing the CPT consult codes effective for dates of service on and after January 1, 2010. The November 25, 2009 edition of the Federal Reg... Read 5 Minutes with... Shannon Smith, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CMSCS, CPMA I have always been in the healthcare industry, with the exception of a 3-month stint that I worked for my dad in the construction industry. During that time I realized that I really missed healthcare. I started off working in an ER as a patient liais... Read 3 ways Congress could still kill ICD-10 As the U.S. House of Representatives inked the latest episode in the sustainable growth rate saga, many eyes of the industry were watching to see whether anything related to ICD-10 landed among that bill's pages. ... Read 5 Minutes with... Betty Johnson, CPC, CPC-I, CCS-P, CPC-H, PCS, CCP, RMC, CIC, CDERC Well, I have been in the health care industry for over 20 years. I started out in x-ray. I found out that "hands-on" patient care was not my bag. My employer was a hospital that owned clinics. They said that they had a great position to put me in... Read 5 minutes with... Mick Polo My father, Michael and Uncle David, founded our company in 1985. They focused on the development of medical software and created the original version of our practice management system. They quickly realized selling the software was not the solution t... Read 2010 - GET EXCITED! With 2009 drawing to a close, what resolutions are you going to make for 2010? Has further education and job security entered your mind in these tough economic times? Well it should! ... Read Succeeding with technology: Best practices medical groups can learn from billing services With every passing year, the application of information technology is becoming increasingly more critical to the practice and business of medicine to ensure fiscal health-especially as reimbursement levels decline while operational costs increase. Fo... Read 5 minutes with...Darlene Boschert CPC, CPC-H, CPC-I, NCMA, CMT I was working in retail when I lost my first husband in a car accident. We had a two year old son and I needed to make enough money to support him. We had been in the Air Force for eight years, six months before the accident so we did not have much... Read 5 Minutes with... Michelle Rimmer When I started my medical billing company, I was pregnant with my second daughter. When she was born, I would do my billing and make phone calls to insurance companies while she napped. ... Read CHART AUDITING - A way to compliance and maximizing reimbursement Many physicians are quick to dismiss coding as a necessary evil that deserves only enough attention to keep the practice out of trouble. We as office managers know that correct coding not only keeps the office in compliance but also can maximize rei... Read AAPC President Reed Pew Discusses Health Care Issues AAPC President and CEO Reed Pew addressed a crowd of nearly 2,000 medical coders and health care professionals at the AAPC annual conference held in Las Vegas in early April. This year, more than ever, medical coders and health care professionals ali... Read 5 Minutes with... Karen Collins I started coding about 13 years ago, when I was given the opportunity to work on claims follow-up at an OBGYN office. At that time I had no experience with billing, so I picked up an aging report and I began to call. After getting my first appeal pai... Read 5 Minutes with... Judy Lambert Judy Lambert manages two busy pediatric practices for physicians Amanda Lovette, M.D., P.A., and Anissa G. August, M.D., P.A. in Decatur, Texas. She has eight staff members and does everything from practice management to working manager, billing and ... Read 5 Minutes with... Jackie Thelian BC Advantage (BCA): Tell us about your background and how you got started in the industry. Jackie Thelian (JK): ... Read Rethinking claims editing Loss of revenue due to preventable claim rejection is a persistent industry problem with a disproportionately negative impact on cash flow. Just considering the hard dollars - and not issues like staff productivity and overhead - medical practices an... Read 2009 Physician Fee Schedule Rule Addresses Anti-Markup, Stark, IDTF, And Other Issues On October 30, 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) put on display a copy of its 2009 Final Physician Fee Schedule Rule for Calendar Year 2009 (Final Rule), which is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on November 19... Read 5 minutes with... Angie Murray I have been in billing and coding for 15 years with the last 10 strictly billing. I started when my grandmother who had worked for a physician for 30 years offered me a position as a receptionist. She showed me some of the ropes and I eventually star... Read 5 minutes with... Sharon Williamson BC Advantage (BCA): Tell us about your background and how you got started in the industry. Sharon Williamson (SW): I left a mortgage company for a part time job in a private physician's office working the aged A/R with the hope that the position woul... Read

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