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Question: I saw a recent policy update from CMS about teaching physicians performing E/M services but I can’t understand what it means. Please help!
Question: A patient wants to use her secondary insurance as her primary insurance because it offers her a better price point. Are there any circumstances under which this is allowed?
Question: One of my payers is sending back a few dozen of our claims with the E/M codes downcoded from Level 4s to Level 3s. Is this common? Should we appeal? 

Question: I’ve recently received a spate of denials with duplicate claims messages. Why -- and what can I do to avoid this?


Question: I’ve just heard about a doctor at Cedars-Sinai who was removed from his post after he was formally charged with possession of child pornography. I’m interested to know: If we were, God forbid, to have such a situation at our practice, would we be able to remove the doctor, even if he hadn’t gone to trial and been found guilty? Also, what do we tell the patients?

Question: We have a new physician that has recently joined our surgical group. Some patients from her previous practice have elected to follow her to our practice. Are these patients considered new or established? The patients are new to our practice and tax ID number; however, they are not new to the physician who is providing care to them.
Question: Some of my doctors are signing their charts for claims very late weeks, even months late. Can I submit these claims? If a chart is signed too long after the encounter, is it invalidated?
Question: We have a patient who received outpatient care at our hospital clinic. This patient is also currently an inpatient in a rehab orthopedic hospital. We’re getting a Recovery Auditor (RAC) investigation on our charges for the patient stating we cannot bill an outpatient physician visit while the patient is an inpatient. (Our hospital bills an outpatient code on the rehab hospital’s inpatient bill.) The hospitals are both owned by the same system. What can we do?
Question: I’m seeing a lot of denials on my initiating visit claims for chronic care management (CCM) services. Is that because I’m reporting the CCM code with a routine E/M code? Do I need to wait for a specific date to bill? Please help!


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