Comments for Medical Coding World http://medicalcodingpro.wordpress.com Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:48:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Use condition code 44 with care to avoid becoming a RAC target by Donna http://medicalcodingpro.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/use-condition-code-44-with-care-to-avoid-becoming-a-rac-target/#comment-74 Donna Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:48:29 +0000 http://medicalcodingpro.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/use-condition-code-44-with-care-to-avoid-becoming-a-rac-target/#comment-74 This happened to a friend of mine. Under the code of federal regulations there is a list of things that must occur before your status can be changed from inpatient to outpatient at a hospital. one of those things is your doctor would have to concurred with the change and it must be documented that he accepted the decision. Check to see who was it. A casemanager or a U.R. staff member. They cannot change anything. They are not licensed to practice medicine. This happened to a friend of mine. Under the code of federal regulations there is a list of things that must occur before your status can be changed from inpatient to outpatient at a hospital. one of those things is your doctor would have to concurred with the change and it must be documented that he accepted the decision. Check to see who was it. A casemanager or a U.R. staff member. They cannot change anything. They are not licensed to practice medicine.

]]> Comment on Use condition code 44 with care to avoid becoming a RAC target by Donna http://medicalcodingpro.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/use-condition-code-44-with-care-to-avoid-becoming-a-rac-target/#comment-73 Donna Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:43:30 +0000 http://medicalcodingpro.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/use-condition-code-44-with-care-to-avoid-becoming-a-rac-target/#comment-73 Report them to the OIG. Did anyone notify you that this would occur. This is fraud. Part of the federal regulations states that the patient must participate in his care and to do this would place you in financial liability.Plus pull your record, it was probably some person who was not licensed to practice medicine who did this. It should be documented in your chart. Report them to the OIG. Did anyone notify you that this would occur. This is fraud. Part of the federal regulations states that the patient must participate in his care and to do this would place you in financial liability.Plus pull your record, it was probably some person who was not licensed to practice medicine who did this. It should be documented in your chart.

]]> Comment on Fort Myers billing company keeps money flowing by Ned http://medicalcodingpro.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/fort-myers-billing-company-keeps-money-flowing/#comment-72 Ned Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:14:39 +0000 http://medicalcodingpro.wordpress.com/?p=127#comment-72 Thanks for sharing the information. Medical coding and billing is the booming industry in these days. The career opportunities in these fields are much more than other industries. Thanks for sharing the information. Medical coding and billing is the booming industry in these days. The career opportunities in these fields are much more than other industries.

]]> Comment on About by medicalresources http://medicalcodingpro.wordpress.com/about/#comment-71 medicalresources Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:39:43 +0000 #comment-71 would you like to exchange links with me? email me if you are interested in asrijoda101 at gmail.com Thanks would you like to exchange links with me?

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]]> Comment on CodingCert.com Announces New 3-Day CPC-H® Training Camps by Amy Parker http://medicalcodingpro.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/codingcertcom-announces-new-3-day-cpc-h%c2%ae-training-camps/#comment-70 Amy Parker Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:53:42 +0000 http://medicalcodingpro.wordpress.com/?p=151#comment-70 Hi My name is Amy Parker. I've just visited your website and I was wondering if you'd be interested in exchanging links with my website. I can offer you a HOME PAGE link back from my Health Medical website which is http://www.der-starhopper.com As mentioned, your link would be placed on the site HOME PAGE, not on any "links" pages which may be buried in the site somewhere. I'm sure this exchange would be benefitial for both of our sites, helping towards increasing our visibility in search engines. If you are interested, please add the following information to your website and kindly let me know when it's ready. I'll do the same for you in less than 24 hours, otherwise you can delete my link from your site. Title: Asbestos solicitor URL: http://www.asbestosvictimadvice.com I hope you have a nice day and thank you for your time. Best regards; Amy Parker Web Marketing Consultant amy.parker@der-starhopper.com Hi

My name is Amy Parker. I’ve just visited your website and I was wondering if you’d be interested in exchanging links with my website. I can offer you a HOME PAGE link back from my Health Medical website which is http://www.der-starhopper.com

As mentioned, your link would be placed on the site HOME PAGE, not on any “links” pages which may be buried in the site somewhere. I’m sure this exchange would be benefitial for both of our sites, helping towards increasing our visibility in search engines.

If you are interested, please add the following information to your website and kindly let me know when it’s ready. I’ll do the same for you in less than 24 hours, otherwise you can delete my link from your site.

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I hope you have a nice day and thank you for your time.

Best regards;

Amy Parker
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]]> Comment on Fort Myers billing company keeps money flowing by Felix Chesterfield http://medicalcodingpro.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/fort-myers-billing-company-keeps-money-flowing/#comment-69 Felix Chesterfield Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:01:46 +0000 http://medicalcodingpro.wordpress.com/?p=127#comment-69 Does this refer to companies like cearner or <a href="http://www.ecaos.com/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">ECAOS</a> ? Does this refer to companies like cearner or ECAOS ?

]]> Comment on Use condition code 44 with care to avoid becoming a RAC target by rod http://medicalcodingpro.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/use-condition-code-44-with-care-to-avoid-becoming-a-rac-target/#comment-68 rod Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:31:48 +0000 http://medicalcodingpro.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/use-condition-code-44-with-care-to-avoid-becoming-a-rac-target/#comment-68 I was a patient at Baylor Dallas for a surgical procedure certified by my provider as inpatient and was admitted and discharged in 2.5 days. I learned after my discharge that the hospital changed my code to outpatient. I owed a 100 dollar co-pay with inpatient and 3000 dollars outpatient. How do I get the hospital to change the coding? I was a patient at Baylor Dallas for a surgical procedure certified by my provider as inpatient and was admitted and discharged in 2.5 days. I learned after my discharge that the hospital changed my code to outpatient. I owed a 100 dollar co-pay with inpatient and 3000 dollars outpatient. How do I get the hospital to change the coding?

]]> Comment on Mom finds opportunity in home-based business venture by A.J. Keenan http://medicalcodingpro.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/mom-finds-opportunity-in-home-based-business-venture/#comment-59 A.J. Keenan Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:19:42 +0000 http://medicalcodingpro.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-59 It looks like Ms. Byrne is off to a good start but a wonder if her billing by the hour isn't going to come back to haunt her? One of our biggest selling points is that we do not get paid until AFTER the doctor does. It think it would be tough to convince our doctors that we are losing sleep at night worrying about their unpaid claims when we have already been paid in full. It looks like Ms. Byrne is off to a good start but a wonder if her billing by the hour isn’t going to come back to haunt her? One of our biggest selling
points is that we do not get paid until AFTER the doctor does. It think it would be tough to convince our doctors that we are losing sleep at night worrying about their unpaid claims when we have already been paid in full.

]]> Comment on OffShore Medical Billing by A.J. Keenan http://medicalcodingpro.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/offshore-medical-billing/#comment-58 A.J. Keenan Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:03:36 +0000 http://medicalcodingpro.wordpress.com/?p=139#comment-58 With the advances in web based medical billing software, why just hire "home based" medical billing specialists and keep the jobs in the USA? As an owner of a medical billing company, I know most of our doctors would be upset if we outsourced our billing overseas. With the advances in web based medical billing software, why just hire “home based” medical billing specialists and keep the jobs in the USA?
As an owner of a medical billing company, I know
most of our doctors would be upset if we outsourced our billing overseas.

]]> Comment on Perdue announces new training programs by Deboleena Ghosh http://medicalcodingpro.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/perdue-announces-new-training-programs/#comment-54 Deboleena Ghosh Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:20:46 +0000 http://medicalcodingpro.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-54 The blog sounds really great. The effort is no doubt great, especially in such hard times. The blog sounds really great. The effort is no doubt great, especially in such hard times.

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