Video: E/M Coding Changes: What’s New for 2021
New rules being rolled out on January 1 will affect every aspect of E/M coding. Whether you see patients in the office, a facility, or both, your workflows, EMR templates, and reimbursements will likely be impacted. In this one-hour presentation, Pam D’Apuzzo, Managing Director, VMG Health, provides an overview of the changes along with examples of their impact.
It’s Not If, But When a Crisis Strikes…Here’s How to Be Prepared
Doug Levy, author of “The Communications Golden Hour: The Essential Guide to Public Information When Every Minute Counts,” offers tips for healthcare entities on planning in advance for an emergency.
Healthcare Confidential Podcast Pulls Back the Curtain on the Business of Healthcare
On Monday, June 8, Healthcare Confidential, a podcast dedicated to pulling back the curtain on the business of healthcare, debuted on the Helium Radio Network. From the historical evolution of the American healthcare system to innovative approaches to maximizing...
Healthcare Confidential Podcast
- Ep. 47 Sima Ali May 17, 2021Many healthcare businesses have continued their operations uninterrupted and unchanged throughout the pandemic. Others closed for a period of time but have since re-opened. Some have adapted to remote arrangements for a portion or all of their workforce, while others have only recently brought workers back onsite. Wherever your company or practice may be along […]
- Ep. 46 When the Doctor Might Need a Lawyer with Matt Levy May 8, 2021More than 70 percent of medical practices are committing healthcare fraud...but they are not all criminals. According to healthcare attorney Mathew Levy, Shareholder and Director of Weiss Zarett and co-chair of the Firm’s corporate transaction and healthcare regulatory practice, many providers are simply using out of date codes, or may have been flagged by an […]
- The Healthcare Confidential Podcast | Episode 45 “A Year’s Worth of Conversations About Covid-19” May 3, 2021As we close in on one year of Healthcare Confidential episodes, we decided to take a look back at a topic that has dominated many of our interviews and conversations: the Covid-19 pandemic. How have the healthcare providers who have been guests on the podcast coped with the stress of caring for patients […]
- The Healthcare Confidential Podcast | Episode 44 “Anti-Covid Nasal and Throat Spray” April 26, 2021Professor Mart Ustav is part of a team of researchers from the University of Tartu in Estonia who have developed SARS COV-2 neutralizing antibodies by immunizing the pregnant cows on the third trimester with the spike protein antigen. With a consortium of five partners: Icosagen AS, ChemiPharm AS, OÜ Teadus & Tegu, Tartu University […]
- The Healthcare Confidential Podcast | Episode 43 “Get a Life (Coach) with Phyl Perry” April 12, 2021Phyl Perry is a master of reinvention…of herself. She has held numerous careers, beginning her professional life as an accountant, then pivoting to human resources roles at major corporations and healthcare entities, before making a major life shift and becoming a tour director. Along the way, she also became certified in neurolinguistic programming and […]
- The Healthcare Confidential Podcast | Episode 42 “The Next Shift with Gabriel Winant” April 4, 2021Gabriel Winant is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Chicago. His writing about work, inequality, and capitalism in modern America has appeared in The Nation, The New Republic, Dissent, and n+1. His new book, “The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America,” examines the link between deindustrialization and […]
- The Healthcare Confidential Podcast | Episode 41 “Value-Based Payments with Zack Caplan” March 29, 2021Zack Caplan is Director of Provider Network & Strategy at Stellar Health, where he is focused on helping healthcare providers, technology, and service companies scale. He has experience developing value-based care strategies and advising growth through mergers and acquisitions. Before this, he worked in Deloitte Consulting’s Healthcare Strategy & Operations practice. He has also […]
- The Healthcare Confidential Podcast | Episode 39 “The Pharmacist Will See You Now with Ken Sternfeld” March 15, 2021Ken Sternfeld is on a mission to transform healthcare for providers and patients. He’s a retired pharmacist whose company, RXVIP Concierge, is focused on improving healthcare by elevating the role of the registered pharmacist to a full-fledged member of the healthcare team working at the point of care. RXVIP Concierge pharmacists are embedded in […]
- The Healthcare Confidential Podcast | Episode 38 “The Patient’s Voice with Steven Taibbi” March 8, 2021Steven G. Taibbi had surgery for the first time on the day he drew his first breath. Since that day in April 1953, he has had many more operations including two heart transplants. A prolific writer, he published his memoir in 2019. After a career that included 25 years as a Producer/Director and Director […]
- The Healthcare Confidential Podcast | Episode 37 “State and National Healthcare Policy Priorities with Wendy Darwell” March 1, 2021Wendy Darwell recently took the helm at the Suburban Hospital Alliance and its regional hospital associations – the Nassau Suffolk Hospital Council and the Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association, where she had previously served as chief operating officer. Prior to that, she worked on Capitol Hill for the late Congressman Maurice Hinchey. So she knows as […]