Encounters Related to Coronavirus (COVID -19)
The ICD-10-CM codes provided in this document are intended to provide information on the coding of COVID-19.
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Mitigation Strategies for Communities with Local COVID-19 Transmission
When a novel virus with pandemic potential emerges, nonpharmaceutical interventions, which will be called community mitigation strategies in this document, often are the most readily available interventions to help slow the transmission of the virus in communities. Community mitigation is a set of actions that persons and communities can take to help slow the spread of respiratory virus infections.
Do Chiropractors Need a CLIA Waived Lab Certificate?
I was at a chiropractic board meeting yesterday and one of the doctors stated that we all had to have a CLIA waiver to perform Dip Stix urine test in our office or to collect urine to send it out to a lab.
Top 10 Tips of Improving Cash Flow
When a medical practice provides a product or service, it has a right to expect to be paid on a timely basis. However, anyone who’s been in a practice a month or more has learned prompt payment is not always the case. Often, accounts get seriously past due, or when payments are made, there may be insufficient funds in the patient’s account to cover a check or credit card chargebacks. Bills not paid within terms can have a dramatically negative impact on the “cash flow” of a practice.
HIPAA and Occupational Health
Anyone working with medical information quickly begins to hear about the need to maintain HIPAA practices for privacy and security to maintain the confidentiality of the medical information.
Silica
Crystalline silica (quartz, cristobalite, and tridymite) causes adverse effects on the health of our lungs. Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) is the respirable dust fraction of crystalline silica, which enters the body by inhalation (<10 microns in aerodynamic diameter).
Stroke
The risk of complicating seizures is associated with the location of the lesions.
Occupational Health Mask Fit Testing Q&A
OSHA agencies require employers to fit test workers who must wear respirators on the job.
Occupational Health Services and HIPAA: Do I Really Need to Care?
Anyone working with medical information quickly begins to hear about the need to maintain HIPAA practices for privacy and security to maintain the confidentiality of medical information.
Evaluation and Management Guidelines Updates
At the 2018 NAOHP National Conference, there was a preview of the proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rules for updating the evaluation and management (E/M) guidelines.