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The CodeCast Podcast | Medical Billing & Coding Insights
The Business Side of Medicine ~ Coding, Reimbursement and Compliance for Physician Practices
National Speaker and Healthcare Consultant, Auditor and Educator, Terry Fletcher CPC, CCC, CEMC, CCS, CCS-P, CMC, CMSCS, , ACS-CA, SCP-CA, QMGC, QMCRC, QMPM knows from over 30 years medical reimbursement industry experience that Coding, Billing and Compliance for physician practices and hospitals can be tough to navigate. Her CodeCast® Podcast series will share insights to current rules and regulations the Medicare payer requires, along with Commercial Insurance plans’ rules and reimbursement challenges. Discover revenue opportunities to maximize reimbursement in your medical practice, focusing on different medical specialties and platforms each episode.
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Modifier and POS Update for 2022
February 15, 2022
In this episode of the CodeCast podcast, Terry gives a rundown of the 2022 updates for POS (Place of Service) codes and modifiers, plus when they should be implemented for …
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No Surprise Act: What you need to know now
February 8, 2022
The No Surprise Billing Act may be the most poorly written, difficult to understand set of regulations that have ever been rushed to publications. This is why, much of the …
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What was Medicare thinking? Split/shared visits revisited
February 1, 2022
Medicare has clearly lost their minds, allowing split/shared visits in a hospital setting where it is “optional” to have a physician provide a face-to-face. As if that isn’t going to …
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Top 10 Tuesday Q&A – Telehealth Coding Questions
January 25, 2022
With the PHE extended for the eighth time during the pandemic, now through April 18th, 2022, it is more important than ever to do a coding and compliance fact check …
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Split/Shared Visits 2022
January 18, 2022
In 2022, CMS is no longer allowing shared services to be billed in an office setting and updated their 2022 definition of Split and/or Shared visits to be primarily in …
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CERT Denials Cardiology Focus
January 11, 2022
CMS is ramping up their audit focus with new funding and personnel to handle the work. Incorrect coding and overpayments, or CERT Audits, becomes the CodeCast topic of the day …
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Happy New Year and what’s on tap for 2022
January 4, 2022
What breaking news for CMS and other payers do we need to be aware of as 2022 begins? Terry discusses the new PFS, the AUC implementation, and the COVID mandates …
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Top 10 Tips and Best Practice Insights for Clean Claims
December 28, 2021
Errors in physician billing are common. One of the most common errors is the failure to electronically file a clean claim. This week, as we end out the 2021 year, …
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7 Telehealth Audits To Be Ready For
December 21, 2021
The PHE will eventually expire and with it the many waivers and exceptions to Telemedicine rules. A few efforts taken now can help reduce the risk a company will find …
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Medicare Fee Schedule 2022: Last Minute Relief
December 14, 2021
Medicare physicians can rest a little easier in 2022. The House and Senate came to a bipartisan agreement to put a band-aid on the severe cuts that were set to …
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The latest news regarding vaccine mandates
December 7, 2021
The headlines have been dominated by vaccine mandates in recent weeks. Terry Fletcher is here to break down the reality between the OHSA and CMS/Omnibus mandates on the latest CodeCast, …
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Top 10 Tuesday Q&A – Mixed Bag
November 30, 2021
It’s once again Top Ten Tuesday time, as Terry has a mixed bag of coding, billing and compliance Q&A’s to review. From TAVR Coding, Telehealth, Mastectomy Coding, and the 2022 …
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Cardiology Coding Tips
November 23, 2021
This week on the CodeCast podcast, Terry gets back to specialty coding with her cardiology coding tips for the Cath Lab and discusses what Medicare means by MUE’s. Listen in …
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What is a Medical Assistant? And what can they do?
November 16, 2021
Medical assistants have a narrow list of things they can and cannot do for patients or a physician in a doctor’s office. It’s often difficult to know what’s allowed because …
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The MPFS and Final Rule is out for 2022
November 9, 2021
The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Final Rule was posted on November 2nd. In this week’s episode, Terry goes over the highlights of the new rules, the new conversion factor …
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Top ICD-10-CM Codes For Halloween
November 2, 2021
Trick or treat! In this episode of the CodeCast Podcast, Terry gets spooky with her top ICD-10-CM Halloween coding options for diagnoses. Also, Terry talks about coding a knee synovectomy …
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How to prepare for a TPE audit
October 26, 2021
(CMS) announced that Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) audits would resume on September 1, 2021. Terry discusses what to look for, what to be ready for, and how to prepare …
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Where we are now with Telehealth and PHE?
October 19, 2021
With state-to-state PHE mandates expiring, extending, or not renewed, Terry takes a look at where half of the country, and the government, is on the PHE, as we look to …
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