Billing FOR busy doctors BY a busy doctor
Benefits:
Bill confidently and prevent billing downgrades.
Spend less time writing notes.
Prevent and protect yourself from lawsuits.
Receive 3.5 hours of CME Credit.
This course is ideal for:
Inpatient attending physicians
NP’s and PA’s who bill E/M services
Senior / graduating residents
What’s inside?
Introduction
Understand the 6 major problems with current documentation habits
Learn what most misunderstand with notes
The four purposes
Understand the 4 purposes of documentation
Learn how notes CAN prevent lawsuits (a common misconception)
Professional Billing
Test your knowledge with 10 pre-test questions
Understand how to use the MDM chart and how to satisfy billing with only a few words
Understand time-based billing and split / shared billing`
Making the HPI work for you
Learn how the HPI can you help you stay organized, prevent medical errors and prevent lawsuits
Download my H&P Playbook!
The (Truthful and Useful) Physical Exam
Learn how the documented physical exam can make you a better doctor and protect you in case of litigation
Learn how to use the physical exam to prevent insurances from denying payment to you and your hospital
Labs and Radiology Reports
Learn what you really need to include in the labs / radiology section to help you write notes faster, bill properly, and reduce your legal risk
The Assessment. And the Plan.
The biggest bang for your buck: Learn how to format your A&P to be efficient while reducing medical errors and reducing legal risk
The crowd-sourced discharge summary
Learn the secrets behind my discharge summary format that has PCP’s telling me “THANK YOU!”
Learn about the most overlooked aspect of discharge summaries.
So. Many. Examples. Good and Bad
30 minutes of me breaking down good and bad notes
The Full Curriculum:
Lesson 1: Introduction and Current Problems with Documentation
Lesson 2: The Four Purposes of Clinical Documentation
Lesson 3: Professional Billing
Pretest + What is Professional Billing
2021 / 2023 Guideline Updates and the new MDM Chart
MDM Problems Column
MDM Data Column
MDM Risk Column
The Billing Timeout
Medical Necessity
Time-Based Billing
Split / Shared Billing
PB Examples
Review of Pre-Test Answers
Lesson 4: Take a break and a quick note
Lesson 5: Making the HPI work for you
Lesson 6: The Truthful (and useful) Physical Exam
Lesson 7: Labs and Radiology Reports
Lesson 8: The A&P
The Power and Perils of copy / paste
The Assessment. And the Plan
Lesson 9: The Crowd-sourced Discharge Summary
Lesson 10: So. Many. Examples. (Good and Bad)
Lesson 11: A favor, an offer and your CME Certificate!
CME Details
3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
CME certificate automatically emailed upon survey completion at end of course
Original Release: April 20, 2024
Next scheduled Review: April 20, 2026
Expiration Date: April 20, 2027