Corporate Compliance

CM survey: medical necessity tops training needs

Compliance Monitor, September 22, 2004

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A recent Compliance Monitor survey found that medical necessity was the number one most important area in which physicians and employees need training. The following are some survey highlights:

  • 73% of respondents, most of whom are compliance officers, said that medical necessity was very important to their training initiatives.
  • Training on CPT coding (64%), ICD-9 coding (63%), and observation services (62%) were the next three most crucial areas considered very important by readers.
  • Other areas considered very important were modifier use (58%), E/M coding (57%), Medicare Part B compliance (55%), claims processing (45%), conflicts of interest (43%), and chargemaster maintenance (40%)

    More than 200 readers answered the survey.

    Editor's note: Congratulations to Amy Podlaszewski, Beebe Medical Center, Paula Ward, Lindy Boggs Medical Center, Judy Morris, LSU Health Sciences Center, Connie Wallace, The Methodist Hospital, and Diane Liljestrand, Good Shepherd Medical Center, all of whom were chosen to receive a copy of HCPro's "Ready, Set, Comply" for participating in the survey. Winners should receive their copy of the book in the next few weeks.



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