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New 2012 ICD-9 Code Updates
The New, Revised and Invalid ICD-9-CM codes take effect October 1, 2011. Each year, BDA provides tools to assist physicians and organizations with the ICD-9 code changes. We’ve put together a Power Point presentation that goes over these changes for you. Take advantage of these resources now so the ICD-9 changes will cause no delay in your payment for services.
Maintaining Accuracy and Compliance in the Medical Record
Why is accuracy and compliance to accepted standards of documentation in the medical record important? The first and most important reason is to provide patients with appropriate care based on details provided in their medical record. This ensures optimal patient care and allows for excellent patient satisfaction. Another reason for ensuring accuracy and compliance in the medical record is to provide governmental agencies, and any other entity accessing the patient’s medical record accurate and complete information. With improved documentation, collections improve, the risk for unfavorable audit results decreases, and efficiencies are increased in the office with both staff and physician co-workers.
CPT – Current Procedural Terminology
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set is maintained by the American Medical Association through the CPT Editorial Panel. The CPT code set accurately describes medical, surgical, and diagnostic services and is designed to communicate uniform information about medical services and procedures among physicians, coders, patients, accreditation organizations, and payers for administrative, financial, and analytical purposes. The current version is the CPT 2009.
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Going Green: EMRs = Less Paper
One way the medical world can lead is through the development and implementation of an electronic medical record (EMR)/electronic health record (EHR), which can reduce costs and lower your carbon footprint.
Joyce Ralstin, CPC, CPC-I, CCS-P, PCS PMCC-Certified Instructor
As a Regional Director of Client Services with Bill Dunbar and Associates, (BDA), Joyce Ralstin has 25 years experience in the healthcare industry. Prior to joining BDA, Ms. Ralstin served as Billing and Coding Specialist for a large multi-specialty hospital organization employing over 200 physicians.
Medical Abbreviations and prefix/suffix medical terms
List of commonly used medical and financial acronyms and abbreviations.
Terri Scales, CPC, CCS-P
Terri Scales has over 18 years of health care experience with an emphasis on clinic management, coding and insurance billing, and State Specific Workers’ Compensation Regulation and Compliance. She is an experienced individual with a positive, results-oriented approach to documentation, coding, billing, and reimbursement.
Education at Every Level
Once BDA has performed the Complete Analysis of Current Documentation and Coding of your practice, we will implement a client-specific action plan for Education of Providers and Staff that will address your identified opportunites. This training is conducted one-on-one and in group settings, based upon your individual needs and direction.
We train your staff and coach your physicians for improved EM Documentation and Procedural Coding.
All …
Medical Coding, Documentation, Billing, Reimbursement
Bill Dunbar and Associates, LLC. (BDA) provides revenue management consulting services with an emphasis on medical documentation, coding, and reimbursement. Bill Dunbar and Associates, LLC. has a proven track record of success in improving the overall reimbursement process of its clients.
BDA clients see an average of 12 to 20+ percent increase in net revenue per patient visit. The average length of service to our clients …
About Bill Dunbar and Associates, LLC.
Bill Dunbar founded BDA in 1988. Bill is a former Indiana State Senator and has held positions as a senior executive with Blue Cross of Indiana, American Medical International Corporation, and Columbia HCA.
In 1999, David B. Dann joined Mr. Dunbar as a Member of the LLC. Mr. Dann has a Master in Health Care Administration from the Indiana University School of Medicine. He …
BDA shares its 20+ years experience of documentation and coding with its clients, which often results in increased revenue, improved compliance, and continued growth.
BDA has provided consulting services in over forty states to providers of all types of multi-specialty practices, including occupational health providers, urgent care clinics, and ambulatory service centers.
Our Process
BDA utilizes several proprietary national fee databases with Geozip specific information, so that it can conduct a comprehensive assessment of your current fee profile.
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BDA will conduct one-on-one and group sessions with your providers and support staff where we will emphasize the necessity of appropriate documentation needed to support Evaluation and Management (E/M) Services Coding, and overall medical coding. A variety of training tools are utilized for easy future reference.
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