The following is a guest blog post by Beth Friedman, BSHA, RHIT. Last month’s HIM Scene predicted important HIM insights would be gained at the 90th AHIMA...
E&M Coding
This weekend is the start of the AHIMA Annual Convention happening in Miami, Florida. For those not familiar with the AHIMA organization, it brings together...
Last week I had the chance to attend the Craneware Summit in Las Vegas. It was a really interesting event where I had the chance to meet and talk with a wide...
Automated coding has been a popular topic ever since I first started blogging about EMR software 7.5 years ago. In fact, back then the discussion was usually...
In the 2013 work plan for the HHS Office of the Inspector General, the OIG has specifically targeted EMR documentation for E&M services as an area for study...
Here’s one more example of technology clashing with habit. Apparently, even when EMRs are ready to code for doctors, Medicare physicians often hand-code...
Pamela Lewis Dolan has a great article in AMA’s American Medical news about the automated E&M coding using an EHR versus manual E&M coding...
A comment on my somewhat controversial thought post about imagining an EMR without billing reminded me that I wanted to ask the question of my readers about...