The OpenNotes Project – Shared Medical Records Online
You may have signed a release to review or obtain copies of the documents in your medical record. Your primary care physician may have faxed or mailed copies of your notes to a specialist you were...
View ArticleICD-9-CM vs. CPT-4
ICD-9-CM versus CPT-4Do you know what the header of this article means? If you do, you more than likely have some experience in the medical billing and coding profession. The next question would be;...
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Summer Motivation – is it really as hard as it sounds?
Hooray! Summer is here! The weather is beautiful and you are ready some much needed time outside in the beautiful sunshine. But wait, you have to focus on SCHOOL?!?! So how do you do it? Below are a...
View ArticleFacility Environment or Provider Environment…Which One Is Right For You?
As a person views the medical profession they see registration staff, medical assistant staff, nursing staff, transcriptionists, billers/coders, insurance staff and collection staff. Seems pretty...
View ArticleMBC Updates and Changes for 2013…Are you ready?
Updates and Changes happen very frequently in the billing and coding profession. One day you may be using a code set a specific way only to find out a month later that the process has changed and the...
View ArticleHealthcare Jobs on the Rise! Are you prepared?
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of medical assistants and medical records and health information technicians is expected to grow by 31 and 21 percent respectively by 2020,...
View ArticleICD-9-CM / CPT Updates and Changes for 2013
Here we are, October 1 right around the corner which means that 2013 ICD-9-CM goes into effect. This means that as of Monday, October 1 everyone should be putting their 2012 ICD-9-CM references away...
View ArticleCoding/Billing Certifications…..Do you have one?
Have you looked in the paper lately for a position in the coding or billing field? Maybe researched the internet for either of these types of positions recently? Sometimes it can be hard to locate a...
View ArticleMedical Scribe-The Job Description!
Medical Scribes are individuals trained in medical documentation who assist a physician throughout their shift. The primary goal of a Medical Scribe is to increase the efficiency and the productivity...
View ArticleProductivity in Medical Transcription and Documentation – Expand Responsibly
As a healthcare documentation specialist – whether our title is medical transcriptionist, editor, or medical language specialist – our pay may be largely based on productivity. Often it may seem that...
View ArticleElectronic Encoders: Friend or Foe?
In today’s day and age, everything seems to be about technology, instant gratification, quicker turn around as well as more for less. I can say that I have seen and worked within the concept of “more...
View ArticleClinical Medical Assistant, is it for you?
Certified Clinical Medical Assistant Maybe it is time to give your career that much needed BOOST, but how? Think about becoming a Clinical Medical Assistant. The clinical medical assistant is an...
View ArticleAs a Medical Scribe You Can Launch a New Career in Healthcare
It’s well known that, in the vast majority of cases, Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) make doctors far less efficient when seeing patients. Why? Because it’s rather difficult to tend to the computer...
View ArticleDoes Turmoil at the Top of the Medical Transcription Industry Signal a...
The recent news coming out of the largest providers of medical transcription services to U.S. hospitals paints a clear picture of the turmoil going on behind the scenes at these organizations. M*Modal...
View ArticleIt Doesn’t Take a Harvard MBA to See The Value Of Today’s Medical Scribes
In a recent article by Patricia Kirk, published on Wednesday, November 13th, 2013 by the enews/management briefing service Dark Daily, the article makes reference to a claim made by EHR vendors who...
View ArticleDo You Need a Scribe?
Over the past several decades, new and interesting healthcare roles have been created to reflect the changing complexities of our health care system. We have seen the proliferation of hospitalists,...
View ArticleCould This Be The Beginning of a Groundswell Movement Against EHR Adoption?
As the healthcare industry marches towards Stage 2 of Meaningful Use, there is a large population of physicians that have not yet accepted the requirements put forth by CMS in the EHR Incentive...
View ArticleTechnology, Data Security, and the Wall of Shame
A Surprising Statistic A recent blog article on the Modern Healthcare web site states that 12.1% of the U.S. population has had their protected health information (PHI) compromised in data breaches....
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