When HIM professionals at Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, looked into its success rate for physician response to coding queries, it knew it needed to do a better job.
Many organizations across the country have learned that patient care is more effective when providers work together. One means of accomplishing this goal is by performing patient rounds using teams that include a number of different practitioners, from physicians and nurses to case managers and pharmacists.
Law enforcement officials in Texas, Florida, and New York recently announced plea agreements and fines involving the billing of an unapproved prescription drug and Medicare fraud.
Physicians and other providers practice in many different areas within a hospital. To accurately code physician and provider services, coders must know and understand the place of service (POS) codes.
