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Claims processing software -- Misidentification of the provider -- New patient for the physician or new patient for the practice? -- Use of scribes to complete superbill -- Billing for consultations within a group practice -- Multiple endoscopic procedures -- Billing office visits the same day as a procedure -- Bundling -- Charging non-Medicare patients at less than the Medicare rate -- Using time to bill evaluation and management services -- Billing for telephone calls and e-mails -- Argon plasma coagulation -- Properly billing for the services of a nutritionist -- Billing for new technology -- Working with radiologists -- Advanced beneficiary notices -- Confirming carrier coding advice -- Interpretation and reports for diagnostic tests -- Evaluation and management codes and related guidelines -- Marketing your practice -- Phamaceutical company relationships -- Professional courtesy discounts -- Using Medicare utilization data to identify potential coding issues -- Consultations as defined by Medicare -- Screening vs. diagnostic colonoscopy -- |
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Documentation requirements beyond Medicare -- Diagnosis coding -- Clinical research coverage under Medicare -- Medical necessity -- Billing for services rendered by a physician subcontractor -- Colorectal cancer screening -- Documentation in the electronic age -- Informed consent -- Informed consent and off-label use -- Refund of overpayments -- Investment in an ambulatory surgery center -- Medicare certification of an ambulatory surgery center -- Credit balances -- Sale of free samples -- Patient transportation -- Multiple office group practice -- Supervision of diagnostic tests -- Medical directorships -- Lease of office space -- Joint ventures -- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) : compliance and business associates -- Arrangements for the provision of clinical laboratory services -- Individual rights under the HIPAA privacy rule -- The Office of Inspector General's compliance guidance for individual and small group physician practices -- Choosing the right compliance training for your practice. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 2004014669 |
| ISBN | 1556426399 : |
