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tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 7
Teaching Physicians: A Year Later, Coders Still Nervous About Documentation Rules
Documentation requirements changed, but performance requirements still strictIt's been more than a year since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services loosened the reins on teaching physician documentation (in Transmittal 1780, November 2002). But while teaching physicians have gotten more laid-back about their documentation, coders and auditors still worry they're not documenting enough."Some of the compliance people are worried they're going to get trapped," says Jeff Linzer, an assistant professor with the division of emergency medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. "They're wanting the teaching physician to write more than what's required by Medicare...
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