Saturday Q and A

      Dr. Sara B. asks,  “Thank you for your tip last week about addenda, they seem like a powerful tool. But how do you best use them?”     Sara, as I review the laboratory and test results, I’m on the lookout for a dozen so conditions that commonly pop up. I cover them in my success codes blog series and in my upcoming book.     Class 1 diastolic dysfunction, atherosclerosis of...

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Anchoring

    The higher the patient satisfaction reviews your telemedicine service partners receives from  the patient’s you care for, the higher the volume of patients they will push to you when you are available to work.   And there’s one simple persuasion technique to ensure that you receive the highest reviews possible.   Anchoring.   The last thing you patient hears from you will color their opinion of their entire encounter.   So make that...

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Sunday Update

  Everything you need to stay ahead of the curve.     Are we hitting “Peak Medicare Advantage?” The AMA is getting into Medicare Advantage More here. I anxiously await the AAFP and ACP to do the same.       More evidence that questions about overcoding are going mainstream ( timed paywall) Medicare Advantage fraud is going to make Bernie Maddoff look like a piker.         The home care benefit won’t...

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Saturday Q and A

      How can you use addendums to capture diagnostic codes identified after the fact?   Here’s what you need to know.   Follow our LInkedIn business page for the latest free, actionable tactics for your Medicare Advantage success.

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