Back in February, CMS announced changes that seem to allow medical students a lot more freedom to document a patient’s medical record. Which could sound like a dream to physicians who might be thinking that the students will help ease the heavy burden of bureaucracy, but auditors are a little worried. Auditors are going, “Wait, hold on, we’ve got to really look at this before we jump the gun.” I spoke with expert compliance auditor, Charla Prillaman, who’s lived and breathed auditing for decades. The hard part, it turns out, isn’t understanding the new rule; the hard part is re-educating doctors.
Tune into our latest episode of Compliance Conversations, The Teaching Physician Rule: A Blessing or a Curse, to learn the:
New Specifics of Student Documentation for E/M Services and HPI,
Dangers of Improper Documentation
Teaching Physician’s Responsibility to Verify and Attest to Student Documentation.
Tune into our latest episode of Compliance Conversations, The Teaching Physician Rule: A Blessing or a Curse, to learn the:
New Specifics of Student Documentation for E/M Services and HPI,
Dangers of Improper Documentation
Teaching Physician’s Responsibility to Verify and Attest to Student Documentation.
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