Medical Record Retention: How Long Should You Keep Patient Charts?

CMS says keep patient medical records for 6 years. Medical practices often hear conflicting advice regarding how long they must hang on to a patient’s medical records, but CMS intends to clear up any misinformation with new MLN Matters article SE1022...

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What Lab Coders Need to Know About CCI 16.0

Look for transcutaneous hemoglobin limitations, and bundling for those new 2010 culture codes. Think you’re ready to use all those brand new CPT lab codes? Not so fast. You better learn Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) restrictions first, before you start billing Medicare for services using new CPT 2010 codes. CCI released version 16.0, effective Jan. 1, which includes 24,060 [...] Related articles:

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OIG Auditors to Cardiologist: You’re Billing Medicare Properly

Report reveals what he and his billing staff did right. Does your practice have the right stuff? Turns out the old saying is true: If you haven’t done anything wrong, an OIG audit is nothing to worry about. A New York cardiologist who collected over $1.3 million over a three-year period for 5,061 claims caught the OIG’s [...] Related articles:

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