Regulatory Myths in Medicine

CPT®Nov 5, 2020

Are commercial health plans required to adopt revisions to the E/M codes?

The latest regulatory myth examines if commercial payers are required to adopt the E/M office visit code revisions.

Physician HealthMar 13, 2020

Who determines where physicians and other health care workers can eat or drink while at work?

What is the issue? What is the issue?

SustainabilityMar 13, 2020

How does an extended prescription duration help your patients and your practice?

What is the issue? What is the issue?

SustainabilityFeb 6, 2020

Myth or fact? Teaching doctors must re-document student EHR work

Historically, teaching physicians were required to re-document medical students’ entries in a patient’s electronic health record (EHR). They don’t have to do that anymore.

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SustainabilityJan 9, 2020

Myth or fact? Ancillary staff can't document parts of E/M services

Medicare does not require doctors to redocument information in a patient’s record that has already been documented by staff or by patients themselves.

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SustainabilityDec 12, 2019

Myth or fact? You must ask about patients' pain at every consult

To better doctors’ practice environment, the AMA is working to debunk regulatory myths such as those involving irrelevant pain-management requirements.

SustainabilitySep 20, 2019

Pain assessments: Are clinicians required to ask patients about pain during every consultation?

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Medicare & MedicaidAug 20, 2019

CPOE: Is order entry a physician-only EHR task?

Learn how to debunk the myth that only physicians can pend or enter orders through computerized provider order entry (CPOE).

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