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04/11/2016
by: Stark Medical Audit and Consulting

The following revenue audit findings are the latest from Stark Medical Auditing and Consulting.

04/11/2016

Reduce the likelihood clinicians will spread pathogens to patients by setting clear policies on working while sick and establishing a culture that discourages the practice.

04/11/2016
A recent hack at a health care chain shows how easy it is for news about your practice to spread — and the importance of a solid communications protocol to maintain some control over the coverage you get.
04/11/2016
Pay close attention to the size of wound-related surgical procedures and get a handle on your local payer policies to cut debridement denials down to size.
04/11/2016
Providers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia should double check their lesion-removal claims, as their Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) Palmetto GBA is adding melanoma-related diagnosis codes to its list of accepted ICD-10 codes for lesion-removal services.
04/11/2016
The surgical debridement codes referenced in the coding story on p. 1 — 11042-11044, which report the service for up to 20 square centimeters and 11045-11047, which report the service for more than 20 square centimeters — all have bad denial rates.

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