Yet again I have received a bill from ADAPT regarding medical records that they have sent us while trying to assess a patient who saw them for drug addiction issues. Standard courtesy for the majority of medical offices is to
3 predictions regarding MIPS and Medicare changes
I predict that within the next two to five years we will be seeing two major trends happening within our healthcare system and they will both be the result of the changes Medicare has been making towards the reimbursement system
Dr. Choate and others abandon patients?
It seems that Umpqua Health and it’s clinical and administrative staff have big secrets to hide. First they close their office on Harvard Avenue WITHOUT informing patients . . . no letter, no phone calls, etc. I have patients reporting
NeuroSpine doctor can’t document accurately?
Dr. Catherine Gallo performed a physical examination during a consult on a patient in December of 2018. This patient has had numerous abdominal surgeries that have left quite an obvious lengthy midline scar. She claims in her dictated report that
CHI Mercy discrimination
Was contacted by an out-of-state media company called Patient Point that was hired by Mercy to start advertising local physicians on a TV screen located in their ER and south entrance to their hospital. The Patient Point agent researched physicians
The up and coming opioid crisis: Buprenorphine !
While everyone deals with the “opioid” crisis, more and more patients are being “converted” to Buprenorphine products (really just another opioid). These Medication Assisted Treatment centers are popping up all over the place because it’s the “preferred” treatment that is
Study feels PDMP’s are flawed; I couldn’t agree more.
Here is my response to the Pain News Network article entitled: “Study: Prescription Drug Databases Overestimate Opioid Misuse” written by Pat Anson and posted 8-13-19: “PDMP databases are just numbers and details. At least in Oregon, I have had to
Prior Authorizations — the bane of most medical offices
Prior Authorizations have been used for years by insurance companies and pharmacy benefit mangers (PBM’s) to deny or delay medications, imaging, treatments, surgeries, etc. for their insured patient, their own client. But really, they don’t care, and never have. Once
VA fails to meet standards set by the federal government regarding electronic medical records
Years ago when the federal government started passing laws regarding electronic medical record systems, they demanded integrated communicability between systems at various offices, hospitals, etc. Medicare paid millions across the country for offices to get up to speed and modernized.
Canyonville Health and Urgent Care violates HIPAA?
The ongoing clash with this clinic is far from over. They have failed to send us records in a timely manner for years. Now their ploy is to NOT fax records to our office despite the patient’s signed Release of