The American Healthcare Documentation Professionals Group is offering two new credentials for medical scribes, the association said May 2. Medical scribes can take the Medical Scribe Certification Exam to earn the Certified Medical Scribe Apprentice certification.
Q: Our billing office has noted that we have many recurring accounts that have seen a huge drop in reimbursement over the past couple of months. We have noted that our outpatient physical/speech therapy and speech-language pathologist accounts aren’t affected, but our wound care accounts are. What changed?
Regulatory compliance reforms have forced CMS to set the bar high for meeting evaluation and management (E/M) standards. This is especially true for clinical documentation improvement (CDI) performance for coding and billing level four and five patient visits in outpatient settings.
HIPAA isn’t the only privacy, security, and breach notification law in the country. In fact, HIPAA is designed to work with state laws, and in cases where state laws are stricter or prescribe a higher level of privacy or security, HIPAA explicitly directs covered entities and business associates to follow state law. A covered entity or business associate that isn’t in compliance with state privacy, security, and breach notification laws is not in compliance with HIPAA, and is at risk of both federal and state action.
