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As part of the new coding format for our newsletter, RT Welter is excited to offer you a new surgery coding series in which we want to help you! The 2nd week of every month we will highlight a complicated surgical case. This week we are highlighting a general surgery case. We want to hear…
DetailsKnown for putting patient experience first, the Cleveland Clinic revolves around relationship-centered communication. Check out this article, where experts dissect this philosophy and explain why it makes moral and financial sense! Hospitals and providers are more aware than ever that communication and empathy can make all the difference in how a person feels about a hospital stay or medical…
DetailsMedicare Wellness Services: Billing for Medicare wellness services can be a huge pain point for any primary care practice. However, the pain is well worth it when you consider that providing these services can result in tens of thousands of additional reimbursement dollars for your practice. These services can reimburse up to $174 per visit.…
DetailsThe Health Care Freedom Act, which would have repealed employer and individual mandates while leaving some part of the ACA in place, was voted down by the Senate early this morning. In a session that lasted into the wee hours Friday morning, the Senate voted down a “skinny” bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act…
DetailsRT Welter & Associates is excited to present our helpful career advancing tips and strategies to sharpen the skills prospective employers look for in a coder! Conversation Skills – The art of smooth conversation centers on the communicator’s ability to effectively convey ideas and information. Conversation skills take practice, patience, and development over time and…
DetailsDue to the recent interest to repeal and replace Obamacare, healthcare-provider groups have called on Congress to cut a bipartisan deal on healthcare reforms! “The best approach would be for Congress members to reach across the aisle and address some of the specific problem areas of the Affordable Care Act,” Elizabeth “Betsy” Ryan, JD, president…
DetailsRT Welter & Associates is excited to present our monthly Code Spotlight! Each month, RT Welter & Associates will spotlight a unique CPT or ICD-10 code to profile and discuss practice applications of the code, as well as pertinent guideline reminders. ICD-10 Code I16 – Hypertensive Crisis I16.0 — Hypertensive Urgency, which should be reported when a…
DetailsCheck out this article about how the lack of preparedness could hurt physicians financially, even with the new flexibility shown by CMS. As a group, doctors are ill-prepared to meet the requirements of a law that will change the way they are paid, shows a survey of a thousand physicians by the American Medical Association and…
DetailsAs part of the new coding format for our newsletter, RT Welter is excited to offer you a new surgery coding series in which we want to help you! The 2nd week of every month we will highlight a complicated surgical case. This week we are highlighting a general surgery case. We want to hear…
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