The 2017 CMS Guidelines for Physician Documentation is a webinar that covers topics such as:
- General principles of documentation
- Importance of proper physician documentation
- Documentation guidelines from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Documentation – legal aspects
- OIG recommendations
- Importance of auditing documentation
- Common documentation errors identified by the Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) and Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) programs
- Improvement in clinical documentation
- How to identify incomplete documentation
- Common evaluation and management (E&M) services identified by CERT
- Insights on E&M medical necessity
- Medicare’s policy on medical necessity
- Legal ramifications of incorrect documentation
The 2017 CMS Guidelines for Physician Documentation brings together:
- Office managers
- Auditors
- Coders
- Physicians
