Audits: The Best Defense is a Good Offense

Audits: The Best Defense is a Good Offense

By David Klein, CPC, CPMA, CHC, ANJC Coding & Compliance Consultant Everyone dreads payer audits. They’re extremely intrusive, stressful, time-consuming, and costly. Most audits are money-driven and are called “post-payment reviews.” The process of post-payment...
Legal Burdens of Proof: What Doctors Need to Know

Legal Burdens of Proof: What Doctors Need to Know

By Jeffrey Randolph, Esq., ANJC Legal Counsel We all have heard the term “burden of proof” on legal television shows and movies, but what really does this mean in the context of a legal proceeding? Law students spend multiple semesters in law school learning the...
Practice Finance: Automation—Is it risky business?

Practice Finance: Automation—Is it risky business?

By Stephanie Spinosa, General Manager, Physical Medicines, Medical Billing Services (MBS) LLC It’s no secret we live in an automated world. It seems everything we touch today has some form of automation attached to it. Sure, it has its perks, and as a society, we have...