Diagnoses: ICD-9 715.16, 528.02, E943.8 ICD-10 M17.11, K12.32, T39.395A This was an established patient visit with a new diagnosis. Because the PA sought out the physician to address the new problem and document the assessment and treatment, the visit can still be billed as incident-to. Note: The physician initiated the plan of care for treatment…
Large-scale health data breaches reported by doctors and health plans have been rising steadily, a new report shows. From 2010 to 2013, nearly 1000 large breaches affected more than 29 million individual health records, and more than half resulted from theft or loss of laptops, thumb drives and paper records, according to researchers with access…
Ethical considerations for rheumatologists in terminating consultative services to a community hospital
Tips to establish collaborative patient care models with your PAs, NPs
Maintain compliance with updated federal rules governing privacy protection for patient health information
Coding for an office visit by a patient with osteoarthritis who has a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan
Coding for an office visit by a patient with osteoarthritis who has a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan
Operational, budgetary, financial and human resource responsibilities typically fall under practice managers’ domains
High health insurance deductibles, physician charges, medication expenses spur patients to seek less costly lab testing, surgical procedures, prescription drugs
By developing guidelines, quality measures, data on patient outcomes, the ACR helps rheumatologists translate the value of their work to the world