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May 2013
Some new codes (and respect for) transitional care
April 2013
Accountable care 101
March 2013
Confused about observation billing?
February 2013
Medicare's new sticks and carrots
January 2013
How to bill for critical care and dual services
December 2012
Disappearing dollars?
November 2012
Common documentation errors
October 2012
Life goes on
September 2012
Billing observation services? Not so fast
August 2012
Is time really on your side?
July 2012
Consult codes: (mostly) gone, but still a problem
June 2012
Decision-making: medicine's shades of grey
May 2012
Transferring a patient? Here's how to bill
April 2012
Are medical students and residents cheap labor?
March 2012
Switching from observation to admission
February 2012
Initial observation care? Time is on your side
CC 2012
Coding Challenge: Femoral Neck Fracture
January 2012
This year's ICD-9 update
December 2011
It’s the end of the world as we know it
November 2011
How to bill for subsequent observation care
October 2011
Brave new world
September 2011
Beware of leading queries
August 2011
Billing discharge services
July 2011
Checklists: the good, the bad and the in-between
June 2011
The finer points of billing observation
May 2011
The new math
April 2011
Making the case for a higher-level admission
March 2011
Getting back to basics
February 2011
What's included in critical care codes?
January 2011
More than one doctor? It gets complicated
December 2010
How to steer clear of the RAC
November 2010
Billing for prolonged services
October 2010
How to bill for consults and admissions
September 2010
Coding for consults and readmissions
August 2010
Still scribbling? Watch your payments shrivel
July 2010
Making sure your patients stay admitted
June 2010
How should you bill an AMA discharge?
May 2010
Translating a diagnosis into RVUs
April 2010
The finer points of billing for observation
March 2010
Uncompleted procedures? Here’s how to bill
February 2010
Confused when billing concurrent care?
January 2010
The new year's big news in coding: ICD-9 codes for gout, embolism, thrombosis, and emotional state
December 2009
Avoiding some big holes in reimbursement
November 2009
How to bill for critical care services
October 2009
Commas, adjectives and an occasional noun
September 2009
Answers to (complicated) questions on observation
August 2009
Breaking the downcoding habit
July 2009
Can’t tell a consult from comanagement?
June 2009
Transfers, procedures, discharge: How do you bill?
May 2009
The ins and outs of prolonged service ICD-9 codes - timing and documentation
April 2009
Who bills for what in comanagement?
March 2009
Do you make these common charge mistakes?
February 2009
Find yourself in the middle of multiple doctors?
January 2009
What’s bundled and what’s not?
December 2008
Confused by all the company you keep?
November 2008
Hospitalists need to know new ICD-9 codes for neoplasms, diabetes, headaches, fractures, MRSA, and fever
October 2008
How to avoid common coding misconceptions
September 2008
How to code for present on admission
August 2008
The rules that govern critical care codes
July 2008
Is your documentation up to par?
June 2008
The right and wrong ways to bill subsequent visits
May 2008
Can’t tell a consult from a referral? Read on
April 2008
The right way to bill consults
March 2008
Charting 101: making sure your documentation is on time and legible
February 2008
Answers to your questions on observation and discharge codes
January 2008
The CPT code changes that hospitalists need to know
December 2007
How to maximize reimbursement when documenting a patient history
November 2007
Answers to your questions about observation and consult codes
October 2007
The ins and outs of billing for procedures
September 2007
New and revised ICD-9 codes that will affect hospitalists
August 2007
How to get paid what you deserve for observation services
July 2007
How should you bill for critical care services?
June 2007
Which codes do you use when observation spans several days?
May 2007
Answers to your questions about discharge services and add-on codes
April 2007
Spending more time with non-critical patients? Here's how to bill
March 2007
Choosing the right level of complexity in medical decision-making
February 2007
Supervising residents? Here's what you need to do to get paid
January 2007
What you need to know to document an initial hospital visit
December 2006
A look at three different ways to report your discharge services
November 2006
Questions and answers about coding for subsequent visits and discharge management
October 2006
A look at new and revised ICD-9 codes that will affect hospitalists
September 2006
Seven mistakes to avoid when billing for subsequent visits
August 2006
The truth behind some common myths about how to use critical care codes
July 2006
You’ve spent 20 minutes counseling the patient. Can you bill for the time?
June 2006
Are you covering all bases when choosing a level of history?
April 2006
How to get the credit you deserve for medical decision-making
February 2006
New CPT codes for 2006, and shortcuts to document a review of systems
December 2005
New and revised ICD-9 codes hospitalists need to know
October 2005
More questions—and answers— about observation and inpatient consultation codes
August 2005
Answers to questions about timing for discharge and observation codes
May 2005
Tips to choose the right codes for incision and drainage
April 2005
Tips to calculate the time you spend on discharge services codes
March 2005
New ICD-9 and CPT codes that every hospitalist needs to know
February 2005
The lumbar puncture was incomplete. How do you code for it?
January 2005
Procedures part 2: coding for respiratory services
December 2004
Inserting a central line? Tips to go beyond E/M services codes
November 2004
Spending extra time with patients? Try prolonged services codes
October 2004
The three “R’s” of consultation codes: request, render and reply
September 2004
Tips to avoid trouble with subsequent hospital visit codes
August 2004
Tackling four common myths about critical care service codes
June 2004
Is it pulmonary edema or pleural effusion? Tips to avoid confusing medical acronyms
May 2004
Tips to include your time when selecting a level of service
April 2004
When it comes to choosing diagnosis codes, don’t forget to give details about location
March 2004
Choosing ICD–9 codes for three common inpatient conditions
December 2005
New ICD-9 codes hospitalists need to know
October 2005
Questions about observation and consultation codes
August 2005
Questions about discharge and observation codes
May 2005
Tips to choose the right codes for incision and drainage
April 2005
Calculating time spent on discharge services codes
March 2005
New ICD-9, CPT codes that every hospitalist needs to know
February 2005
Coding for incomplete services
January 2005
Procedures part 2: coding for respiratory services
December 2004
Inserting a central line? Think beyond E/M
November 2004
Don't forget prolonged service codes
October 2004
The three "R's" of consultation codes
May 2004
How to factor time when selecting a level of service
April 2004
The importance of location in choosing diagnosis codes
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