Risk of COVID-19 Spoofing, Fraud
Health Departments, State Govts. At Risk of COVID-19 Spoofing, Fraud By Jessica Davis May 28, 2020 – Forty-four percent of state health departments and state governments do not have a published Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance...
Prepare for a Healthcare Layoff
Prepare for a layoff in healthcare Is your healthcare job in jeopardy? Look for these warning signs, and learn how you can rebound quickly. Megan Malugani, Monster contributor While the healthcare job market is relatively healthy, the industry is not immune to...
JOB POST ~~ Feb, 2020
MAXIM IS LOOKING FOR A PROFEE/ FACILITY INTERNAL CODING MANAGER! FT/Perm/Remote CONTACT:...
JOB POST ~~ TEXAS … February, 2020
~~~USA CODERS ONLY!~~~ ~~~URGENT NEED!~~~ Multiple HCC Provider Educator positions in the following TEXAS cities: ⭐️Houston ⭐️Austin ⭐️Brownsville ⭐️Corpus Christi ⭐️San Antonio, ⭐️El Paso I have listed the basic parameters of the position below. If you know...
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE! How Much Attention does a Recruiter give Your Resume, Initially?
Is it true that some recruiters reject a resume in 6 seconds? Recruiters actually reject resumes very quickly for reasons beyond being unqualified. Here are 5 things recruiters sometimes make snap decisions on that you may not realize. Snap decision 1: Your...
TEMP AGENCIES are Your Friend!
Temporary Employment Agencies are good places to find your FIRST JOB in any industry. Temp Agencies offer a great deal of FLEXIBILITY for both the Employer and for the Employee. The Employer isn’t making an immediate long-term commitment, so may be more inclined to...
ENTRY LEVEL CHALLENGES
Can you get a job in the Medical Coding field, with a Brand-New Certification and very little Experience? YES! You Can! There are individual instances of people, in whatever field, getting jobs IMMEDIATELY, if not sooner, upon graduation/certification. Those are...
BENEFICIARY NOTICES INITIATIVE (BNI)
Both Medicare beneficiaries and providers have certain rights and protections related to financial liability and appeals under the Fee-for-Service (FFS) Medicare and the Medicare Advantage (MA) Programs. These financial liability and appeal rights and protections are...
Finalized Policy, Payment, and Quality Provisions Changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2020
On November 1, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that includes updates to payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) effective on or...
PATIENTS OVER PAPERWORK…new CMS initiative
At CMS, our top priority is putting patients first. CMS Administrator Seema Verma launched the “Patients over Paperwork” initiative, which is in accord with President Trump’s Executive Order that directs federal agencies to “cut the red tape” to reduce burdensome...
Simplifying Documentation Requirements
As part of our Patients over Paperwork Initiative, Medicare is simplifying documentation requirements so that you spend less time on paperwork, allowing you to focus more on your patients and less on confusing and time-consuming claims documentation. We’ve made...
TO VAPE or NOT TO VAPE
VAPING is sweeping the landscape and causing numerous unforeseen issues! I’ve compiled some links that can possibly direct you in finding out more information! From The New York Times… “More than three-fourths of those sickened are male, health...
OFFICIAL CODING GUIDANCE per VAPING, from the CDC
From the CDC… (official diagnosis coding guidance) In a virtually unprecedented step, the CDC has issued ‘official diagnosis coding guidance’ on the subject of Vaping! This is HUGE! The purpose of this document is to provide official diagnosis...
RESUMES — helpful tips
Job seekers typically spend hours creating, updating, seeking feedback and re-editing their resume, only to find that a recruiter spends less than seven seconds reviewing it. In today’s Digital Age, this task is further complicated for applicants by companies and HR...
05-17-19 — GREAT JOB OPPORTUNITY for the right candidate!
We currently have both Part-Time and Full-Time opportunities available for Clinical Appeals/CCS Nurses. We are seeking candidates that have experience in BOTH appeals letter writing and DRG Validation. These fully remote positions are well-compensated opportunities...
5-12-2019—–JOB OPPORTUNITY!! — CPC-A welcome!
JOB OPPORTUNITY!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ —-ON SITE in either Pensacola, FL. or Panama City, FL.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Island Doctors still has HCC coding positions open in Pensacola FL and Panama City FL. This is a great opportunity for CPC-A...
Healthcare breaches reported in March exposed data of 883,000 people
Do you click on links from emails that come from people you don’t know or don’t recognize? Do you click on attachments in emails that come from someone you don’t know or don’t recognize? “Curiosity Killed the Cat” – and in...
PAY-Per-CHART / Part-Time
Some companies and some clients will allow coders to work ‘at their own pace’ and pay them so much per chart! What the pay scale is for each chart depends largely on the Specialty. You may get small charts 4-5 pages and you could probably do 15 or 20 of...
3-17-2019 — Medical Health Data Leak
3-17-2019 — Medical Health Data Leak A health tech company was leaking thousands of doctor’s notes, medical records, and prescriptions daily after a security lapse left a server without a password. The little-known software company, California-based Meditab,...
UCLA Health to pay $7.5M to Settle
UCLA Health to pay $7.5M to settle data breach class-action caseMackenzie Garrity – Wednesday, March 27th, 2019 UCLA Health has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by patients after a data breach put their personal and health...
BCBS VA Cuts 40 Workers
Does anyone know what type(s) of jobs were cut? Please respond in the comments below. VIRGINIA, MN – Approximately 40 positions are being eliminated from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield office in Virginia, the organization announced Thursday. In a statement, Jim...
