by Delaney Smith | Jun 28, 2023 | General
Advance Care Planning (ACP) allows for an open discussion between the healthcare provider and the patient, family member, or surrogate about the type of care the patient wants when he or she becomes seriously ill and/or incapable of making their own medical decisions....
by Delaney Smith | Jun 3, 2023 | General
Recently, Coding Compliance Solutions (CCS) reviewed a laboratory that performed urine drug testing. The lab underwent a CMS Program Integrity Contractor (PIC) audit. The PIC reported an 89.8% error rate citing the lack of medical necessity for performing definitive...
by Georgeann Edford | Sep 18, 2022 | General
I recently had the opportunity to review another coder’s work and was shocked at the differences in my findings versus hers so I thought I would get comments on what others thought about a couple of the scenarios. Scenario 1: A patient was referred to a urologist with...
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