tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2005 Issue 3

Beat the OIG to the Punch: Benchmark Against CMS

Boost your practice's coding accuracy with concrete data from national statsBecause HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigators review code utilization data - also called "benchmarking" - you should beat them to it by comparing your code usage to national averages and identify any problem areas. Just like HMOs, Medicare reviews coding practices and looks for disparities or red flags, such as physicians whose visits are consistently at the higher levels of coding. Those physicians who undercode to stay on the safe or conservative side could be losing a lot of legitimate revenue. Seeing where your practice falls...

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