HIM directors are responsible for the integrity of patients' records-even when a hospital shuts down certain wings of the facility or closes its doors entirely.
Despite its apparently straightforward definition in the CPT® Manual, modifier -59 (distinct procedural service) can be deceptively difficult to append properly.
CMS added modifier -AO (provider declined alt payment method) and new HCPCS codes to the I/OCE as part of the October 2013 quarterly update found in Transmittal 2763.
If there's one conclusion you can reach looking back at data breaches over the last decade, it's that organizations face more threats than ever, according to HIPAA professionals.
Most soon-to-be HIM professionals fresh out of college want nothing more than to know what's going on inside the HIM director or manager's head. After all, it would help to know what a potential interviewer is thinking when you pop into that chair for your first interview for a potential HIM job, wouldn't it?
