“A friend of mine is encouraging me to change how I bill for my Lapidus bunionectomy. I typically bill this using CPT code 28297. I am being told that I should think about billing this “alternatively” as: 1) CPT 28740 2) CPT 28292 Thoughts on this?”
OSHA has announced citations to over 140 health care providers for failing to properly protect their employees with appropriate Personal Protective Equipment.
For the full list visit the OSHA Website https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/national/10092020
by Tahlia Brody, CHP, VP of Customer Service TLD Systems
November 04, 2020
By tahlia@tldsystems.com
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in order to be HIPAA Compliant, you must maintain a "Culture of Compliance" at your office. This can include keeping your software up-to-date, regular required training and addressing risks that pose to your office. This month we address HIPAA training, encrypting your drives and Business Associate Agreements
New Haven, Connecticut failed to terminate an employee’s access to their Health Records System after the employee left. The former employee may have accessed a file containing the Protected Health Information of only 498 Patients.
“I am reading conflicting information regarding the dispensing of a post-operative/cast shoe. Medicare never seems to pay for this but commercial carriers usually do. I am reading that this shoe is NOT separately payable when it is dispensed in conjunction with a surgical procedure code. You cannot have the patient sign an ABN and charge the patient for the shoe. Please clarify the dos and don’ts of using the L3260 HCPCS code.”
