Evaluation and Management (E/M) Coding: The 2021 Changes
The CMS and the AMA have finalized the biggest change to Evaluation and Management (E/M) codes that have occurred within the past 25+ years.
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Alanna
Where’s My Worker?
There’s probably nothing more aggravating to your employer clients than when they have sent an injured worker for care in your office or to the ED if after hours and they get … silence.
I was asked recently by a program director about a physician who routinely schedules work comp recheck visits out for 2 to 3 weeks, even after the first visit.
OSHA Recordable Injuries
OSHA record-keeping is a regulation that, with recent COVID mandates, everyone’s gotten an inkling of its importance. It initiated in 1971, essentially requiring employers to maintain safe workplaces. It covers almost eight million worksites in America. A critical subset of employers must maintain records of occupational injuries and illnesses.
Coping with Stress through Gratitude
From our friends at Trestletree and special thanks to Becky Parker, PhD, for sharing —
The week of Thanksgiving. A time to be thankful. A time to pause and count our blessings. A time to connect with others. Yet, the stressors of life don’t stop this week. For our patients, our coworkers, our family, our friends, and even ourselves, life continues to be stressful and messy for some of us at this time.
How to Beat the Acuity Degradation Trend in Work Comp!
Dr. Koehler will share what he believes to be the greatest current threat to long-term viability for your clinic and actions you can take now to mitigate this trend.
Cannabidiol (CBD) – What We Know and What We Don’t
Cannabidiol (CBD) has been recently covered in the media, and you may have even seen it as an add-in booster to your post-workout smoothie or morning coffee. What exactly is CBD? Why is it suddenly so popular?
DOT News
There are many situations where a commercial driver has a medical condition that does not fall neatly into the “rules” regulating the medical certification of a driver pursuant to 49CFR391.41. Kidney disease is one of those conditions. Of the 13 medical standards, none address kidney disease, per se.
Staffing for Maximum Productivity
We are told to use RVUs. They don’t work. What can we use?
The challenge is the RVUs are not pertinent to OHS, being able to tag the appropriate procedures and the visits. They don’t provide the best approach to productivity. RVUs are predicated on the Medicare model for productivity. We strongly recommend the NAOHP productivity model that covers the insurance model as well as the retail model. Many programs use a straight compensation model with a base salary and incentive package for specific tasks.
Medical Record Storage
QUESTION:
Currently, all of our records are stored electronically and have been for the past few years. Prior to that we acquired a hospital’s Occ Health program and there are paper records that we have been paying a medical record storage facility to store for us.