The 2007 Physician Auditing Workbook is written by Betsy Nicoletti, CPC, President, MP Consulting. Betsy is a certified coder with nearly 20 years experience helping physician practices improve their coding, billing, documentation and compliance.

 

• Your Compliance Plan and the 2007 Work Plan

• Aberrant Evaluation and Management Coding Patterns

• How to Audit Evaluation and
Management Services

• New Patient Visits

• Critical Care Services

• Billing for 99211: Level 1, Established Patient Visit

• Use of Modifier -25

• Billing Incident-to

• Diagnosis Coding

• Consultations

• Initial Preventive Physical Examination (‘Welcome to
Medicare’ Physical)

• National Correct Coding Initiative

• Use of Advanced Beneficiary Notices

Each year the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) reveals its top auditing targets in its annual Work Plan. Now you have a tool to guide your internal auditing and improve your practice’s billing, coding and compliance against some of the OIG’s biggest billing targets.

The 2007 Physician Auditing Workbook & CD-ROM gives you current auditing and billing guidance to tackle ongoing challenges - from E/M coding patterns to incident-to billing. consults to the new Welcome-to-Medicare Physical. and more. PLUS you get worksheets and tools-you'll-use to create or energize your auditing program!

Your book includes...

  • Hidden warning signs when you’re billing incorrectly for consults
  • Suggestions for audit sample sizes and frequencies
  • 8 red flags your E/M coding patterns may be “aberrant” – inviting outside scrutiny
  • How to reduce your risks when billing incident-to
  • 6 key elements that should appear in any provider’s documentation
  • Auditing worksheets for more than 10 OIG target areas
  • Billing guidance on each audited topic
  • Pointers to give feedback to your doctors/staff – and change behavior!
  • And much more.

BONUS: You also get a word-searchable CD-ROM packed with worksheets and other useful resources, including audit tools in MS Word-format so you can easily adapt them to your practice.

Order Now for the special rate of only $199
Or call toll-free 1-877-602-3835 and ask for H1511

The OIG expects every practice to feature some type of auditing program. The 2007 Physician Auditing Workbook gives you a realistic template that saves you time and allows you to resolve ongoing billing, coding and documentation lapses that can put your practice at risk – and cost you legitimate reimbursements!

If you have an auditing program, the 2007 Physician Auditing Workbook & CD-ROM will energize your efforts. If you lack a program, the 2007 Physician Auditing Workbook & CD-ROM hands you one you can implement immediately.

1. Order online
2. Call toll-free 877-602-3835 and ask for H1511
3. Fax order form with credit card info to 301-816-8945
4. Mail order form to:

DecisionHealth
11300 Rockville Pike
Suite 1100
Rockville, MD 20852-3030
Make check for $199 payable to DecisionHealth (TIN: 521130564)

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