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Medical Coding Pro-Tips for Increasing Your EQ

New 🎙 Episode available on all downloadable platforms

Episode 53 will cover Medical Coding Pro-Tips for Increasing Your EQ

1. Understand the importance of EQ

2. Look deep within yourself

3. Seek out another perspective

4. Hit the Pause button

5. Your reaction to criticism speaks volumes about your EQ

6. The weight of another person’s opinion of you should not influence your opinion of you

7. Learn to exercise self-control

8. Practice empathy

9. Communication is your currency

10. Make your emotions work for you, not against you

New 🎙 Episode available on all downloadable platforms

Episode 52 will cover Medical Coding Pro-Tips for Navigating Incident-To Compliance

1. Understand the application of incident-to rules

2. Know the different types of supervision guidelines

3. State laws dictate provider scope of practice rights

4. Understand the financial incentives related to incident-to

5. Provider Credentialing must be setup correctly from the beginning

6. New patients can never be reported under incident-to

7. Incident-to rules do not apply in the hospital

8. Payer policies tend to vary on incident-to

9. Know how to audit for incident-to compliance

10.The incident-to rules are antiquated and desperately need reform

New 🎙 Episode available on all downloadable platforms

Episode 51 will cover Medical Coding Pro-Tips for Mastering Prolonged Services in 2021

1. Know the different types of Prolonged services

2. Understand the new time-based coding methodology

3. Know how to apply the new Prolonged service codes

4. Verify payer policies on Prolonged services

5. Audit Prolonged services regularly