BDA provides consulting services to all types of Group Health Providers. Each specialty offers unique challenges and coding rules.

BDA provides consulting services to all types of Group Health Providers. Each specialty offers unique challenges and coding rules. BDA's program is designed to address the nuances of each specialty.

This is accomplished through the development of specific "coding initiatives" that are commonly used for a given specialty. A variety of training tools are developed that assist practitioners and their support staff in the process of coding an encounter. Both E/M and CPT coding are addressed in the BDA program.

BDA provides proprietary tools to assist in improving documentation and coding. Both those that use paper documentation as well as those that are using EMR's benefit from the BDA program.

Proper medical coding is essential, but many providers are unsure of the correct codes, since their business is taking care of patients, not documentation and coding. Unfortunately if a payer receives inaccurate codes or a lack of supporting documentation, payment may be delayed or the claim may be entirely rejected.

6 Choosing and then utilizing the wrong E/M guidelines for your ED

The 6^th common mistake for revenue capture is relying solely on your EMR to capture the appropriate E/M Level.

#5 Failing to document the length of time used for your time based services

Are you capturing your time based procedure / service codes?

Overlooking to regularly review and update all of your documentation templates

The 4^th common mistake occurs when your documentation templates are no longer capturing all services appropriately.

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As a result of embracing and implementing the BDA program, Deaconess experienced double digit % revenue growth, without a significant increase to its existing patient load.

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