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Master CPT coding using reduced and discontinued service modifiers
Source: Briefings on APCs
Under certain circumstances, a service or procedure may be partially reduced or eliminated at the discretion of the physician. Read up on the correct application of hospital modifiers -52, -73, and -74 for reduced and discontinued procedural services.
How to enlist support staff to help ease staffing shortages
Source: Case Management Monthly
If your case management department is short-staffed, you’re not alone. Many organizations are struggling with unfilled positions and overburdened staff.
Tips for applying modifier -58
Source: HIM Briefings
Modifier -58 describes a staged or related procedure or service by the same provider during the postoperative period. Apply these experts tips to ensure it's used correctly.
HIPAA compliance checkpoint: Q&A with Rebecca Herold
Source: Briefings on HIPAA
We caught up for a HIPAA compliance checkpoint Q&A with Rebecca Herold, FIP, CIPM, CIPP/US, CIPT, CISSP, CISM, CISA, FLMI, CEO and founder of The Privacy Professor, and co-founder of Privacy Security Brainiacs.
Note from the instructor: Learning from OIG audits and deploying audit practices
Source: Medicare Insider
This week's note from the instructor discusses how to use OIG audits to help refine internal audit techniques. 
 

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