Lolita M. Jones, RHIA, CCS, a consultant specializing in ASC and hospital outpatient coding, billing, reimbursement and operations, discusses eight common ASC coding errors in seven different ...

Medical billing errors are a common problem that can be extremely costly for consumers, unless those errors are discovered and corrected before payment. But with America’s complex medical insurance ...

As discussed in Part I of this article, coding for procedures in all specialties is often a complex process. In Part I we discussed common areas that are prone to erroneous coding in orthopedics, ...

In the vast majority of states, hygienists cannot legally diagnose dental disease. Even in the few states that are the exception, diagnosis is limited to the scope of care delivered by hygienists and ...