By Gusty Saturday, 24 March 2012 automatic exception FCSO kx modifier maintenance therapy Medicare outpatient therapy claims therapy caps Good Health and Free 1-hour Webinar on Excessive use of the KX modifier. Elvonda Florida's Medicare Admistrative Contractor (MAC) First Coast Service Options (FCSO) has identified excessive use of the KX modifier on c...
By Gusty Monday, 19 March 2012 electronic medical records EMR paper medical records physical therapists SOAP note Good Health and Happy Birthday! Paper SOAP Notes Turn 44 Years Old!. Elvonda On March 21st, 1968 the SOAP note was proposed in an article from the New England Journal of Medicine Medical Records that Guide and Teach ....
By Gusty Thursday, 15 March 2012 fraud and abuse Home health OASIS Office of the Inspector General Report Good Health and Home Health Care Submits $432 Million in Improper Medicare Claims. Elvonda Home health agencies submitted 22 percent of claims in error for unnecessary medical services or for incorrect coding in 2008. That adds u...
By Gusty Wednesday, 14 March 2012 health care Medicare physical therapy private practice Good Health and Will Your Physical Therapy Clinic Close by 2020?. Elvonda Why One-Third of Hospitals Will Close By 2020 , written by by David Houle and Jonathan Fleece, JD, on the KevinMD website is a thought prov...
By Gusty 22:47 CERT chiropractors error rate Medicare audits physical therapy physicians Good Health and Physical Therapy Services Billed by Physicians in Florida Have a High Error Rate. Elvonda Services billed by physician specialties represented 70% of the dollars incorrectly paid for physical therapy services in the November 2011 ...
By Gusty Friday, 9 March 2012 EHR Electronic Health Record Farzad Mostashari Health Affairs Meaningful Use ONC HIT Good Health and Federal Agency Chief Rebuts Findings That Show EHR May Lead to Increased Diagnostic Imaging. Elvonda Just one day after the Health Affairs article that showed an association between physicians' Electronic Health Record (EHR) use and inc...
By Gusty Wednesday, 7 March 2012 CERT chiropractic manipulation error rate FCSO Medicare coverage guidelines Good Health and The comprehensive error rate testing (CERT) and chiropractic services. Elvonda Billing maintenance therapy as active treatment First Coast Service Options (FCSO) is estimating an improper payment error rate of 39 perce...