Daniel M. Siegel, MD, MS

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A Potpourri of Things to Do Correctly

Author:: Daniel M. Siegel, MD, MS

Publish date: November 30, 2016

When you pick up the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) manual and read it, you may wonder what certain terms mean and how they may be looked at ...

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The Proposed Rule and Payments for 2017: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Author:: Daniel M. Siegel, MD, MS

Publish date: October 3, 2016

Just as Charlie Brown looks forward to the coming of the Great Pumpkin each Halloween, those of us who dance in the minefields of payment policy aw...

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Work Intensity and IWPUT

Author:: Daniel M. Siegel, MD, MS

Publish date: August 10, 2016

Practice Points Intraservice work per unit of time (IWPUT) examines skin-to-skin work of a procedure. The removal of global period visits will caus...

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Global Visits, 99024, and MACRA: 3 Things You Should Think About and Lose Sleep Over But Probably Do Not

Author:: Daniel M. Siegel, MD, MS

Publish date: July 5, 2016

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Electronic Health Records, Autocoding, and Ewe: Don’t Be a Sheep!

Author:: Daniel M. Siegel, MD, MS

Publish date: June 8, 2016

Many electronic health record programs may make you a target for audits and requests for the return of payments for a variety of reasons. Although ...

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Coding Changes for 2016

Author:: Daniel M. Siegel, MD, MS

Publish date: April 14, 2016

In order to ensure accurate coding, which is critical to accurate reimbursement, physicians should purchase a new CPT manual every year. In this ar...