Margie Scalley Vaught, Healthcare Consultant - CPC, CPC-H, CCS-P, MCS-P, ACS-EM, ACS-OR

Archive of entries

06/13/13 | Contact your elected officials to maintain In-office ancillary exceptions

Contact your elected officials to maintain In-office ancillary exceptions

05/23/13 | Medicare and Therapy EOBs with problems

Medicare and Therapy EOBs with problems

05/17/13 | Medicare Fraud Strike Force

Medicare Fraud Strike Force

05/02/13 | CMS delays Medicare Phase 2 ordering/referring requirement

CMS delays Medicare Phase 2 ordering/referring requirement

05/02/13 | CPT issues more errata for the 2013 Manual

CPT issues more errata for the 2013 Manual

05/02/13 | FAQs Available for Revised and Clarified Place of Service Coding Instructions Effective April 1- finally...

FAQs Available for Revised and Clarified Place of Service Coding Instructions Effective April 1- finally...

03/26/13 | Watch out emailing and patients vs. HIPAA compliance

Watch out emailing and patients vs. HIPAA compliance

03/26/13 | OIG renders opinion on POD

OIG renders opinion on POD

03/06/13 | Don't but off your ICD-10 education.

Don't but off your ICD-10 education.

03/01/13 | Will sequester law's cause problems for your facility??

Will sequester law's cause problems for your facility??

02/25/13 | Some good news.. or is it just a bragging Mom...

Some good news.. or is it just a bragging Mom...

01/23/13 | Act by Friday to secure one-year HIPAA mega-rule extension for business associates
Act by Friday to secure one-year HIPAA mega-rule extension for business associates

Act by Friday to secure one-year HIPAA mega-rule extension for business associates

11/01/12 | 2013 Physician Fee schedule released...

2013 Physician Fee schedule released...

09/21/12 | Becareful with level 4s and 5s and your EMR

Becareful with level 4s and 5s and your EMR

09/04/12 | 2013 CPT just around the corner

2013 CPT just around the corner

08/01/12 | Doctor fix - Congress starting the ball rolling

Doctor fix - Congress starting the ball rolling

07/10/12 | CCI 18.3 changes an allows loose body removal

CCI 18.3 changes an allows loose body removal

07/10/12 | Proposed physician fee schedule out for 2013 - not good...

Proposed physician fee schedule out for 2013 - not good...

05/31/12 | How many EMs are included in the global surgical package the OIG wants to know...

How many EMs are included in the global surgical package the OIG wants to know...

05/30/12 | Get your instrumentation and grafting paid with 22633-YEAH

Get your instrumentation and grafting paid with 22633-YEAH

04/09/12 | Proposed 1 year delay of ICD-10

Proposed 1 year delay of ICD-10

02/14/12 | ICD-10 now delayed until October 1, 2014

ICD-10 now delayed until October 1, 2014

01/17/12 | Florida & Trailblazers Medicare Carrier questioning medical necessity of total joints

Florida & Trailblazers Medicare Carrier questioning medical necessity of total joints

01/11/12 | Problems with 29826 and 29822 for 2012 - changes April 2012

Problems with 29826 and 29822 for 2012 - changes April 2012

12/09/11 | RAC audits for total joints and spinal procedures

RAC audits for total joints and spinal procedures

09/20/11 | MedPAC Releases SGR Repeal Proposal
Bad news for 2012 and Sustainable Growth Rate...

MedPAC Releases SGR Repeal Proposal

04/19/11 | Official Interpretation of xrays and orders needed

Official Interpretation of xrays and orders needed

02/10/10 | What can you charge for copying records

What can you charge for copying records

01/15/10 | New PRP injection code

New PRP injection code