Q: What’s the difference between an incomplete miscarriage, a septic miscarriage, and a missed miscarriage and how would surgical treatments for these conditions be reported using CPT codes?
Q: I work for a large company. I called out one day because my daughter was sick. Do I have to provide a doctor's note to my employer when I wasn't the actual patient?
Q: Case managers used to evaluate their work in terms of tasks completed or length of stay (LOS). Now that LOS has more than a financial meaning, what are some meaningful outcomes case managers can use to set goals for their work?
This month's Q&A answers to readers' questions on collecting payment, contacting physicians, overhearing medical examinations in the emergency department, and discussing the health of adult children.
Q: Are we required to keep copies of a former patient’s records after transferring the records to the patient’s new doctor? If we do, are we allowed to charge for copies now that the patient is no longer “our” patient?
