Mythbusters: Debunk 5 Documentation Myths With Expert Advice
Tip: Ensure all parties submit the same information to payers.
There’s more to a patient’s medical chart than just the office note for an individual encounter — and it’s critical that you know other documentation details to ensure clean claims.
That was one piece of key advice from Kathy Boehm, senior provider relations representative with Palmetto GBA, during the Part B payer’s webinar, “Part B: Medicare Follows the Money.”
In fact, she said, a patient’s medical chart encompasses a wide variety of items. And in every situation, the documentation is going to...
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