by Whitney Huff | Feb 21, 2020 | MMI Blog, Physician
With clinician reimbursement, a high quality of evaluation and management documentation is needed. E/M services are the most vulnerable to billing errors due to the complication of selecting the proper code for the level of service if the documentation is not there.... 
by Whitney Huff | Aug 30, 2019 | MMI Blog, Physician
So you may be thinking you’re doing a patients a huge favor when you write off their copays for your provider’s services, but in reality you could be hurting your practice or yourself badly from this process. If your practice waives a patient’s... 
by Whitney Huff | Dec 14, 2018 | Healthcare, Healthcare in the News, MMI Blog, Physician
Millennials are those born between the years of 1980 and 2000. This generation is known to want everything to be convenient, have fast service, and affordable pricing. Due to most of the generation being somewhere between entering college and finding their footing in... 
by Medical Management Institute | Dec 7, 2018 | Clinical Documentation, Healthcare, Healthcare in the News, Medical Coding, MMI Blog, Physician
Historically, the LGBTQ+ community has been left out of much of traditional healthcare. Many members of these groups have faced and continue to face extreme prejudice, which in turn can lead to high rates of conditions such as depression, substance abuse, and... 
by Medical Management Institute | Nov 2, 2018 | Audit Updates, Clinical Documentation, Healthcare, MMI Blog, Physician
Starting off with a coding credential is an excellent way to get your foot in the door of the medical coding world, but it is far from the end of the story. Many coders choose to undergo further training and earn additional credentials in order to be better prepared... 
by Medical Management Institute | Oct 18, 2018 | Healthcare, Healthcare in the News, Medical Coding, MMI Blog, Physician
If you’ve worked with electronic health/medical records (EHRs or EMRs) even a little bit, then chances are that you’ve heard about all the dangers associated with cloned notes. In short, cloned notes are pieces of patient information that the program automatically... 