The Value of Locum Tenens
With a decreasing candidate pool of anesthesia providers,
locum tenens are a necessity for many practices. Locum tenens
are temporary, contracted employees who are physicians.
Anesthesia FAQs from Ohio Medicare
The answers to these FAQ are PalmettoGBA's modified responses
to a series of questions known as the "Georgia Guidelines"
developed by the Georgia Society of Anesthesiologists and
published in the Georgia Carrier's November 1999 newsletter."
Did you know?
In any sample of 200 claims, it is not
uncommon to find 80% with the wrong code altogether, 41% over-coded,
45% under-coded and 17% billing for services that aren't even
documented in the record.
Thousands of dollars a month are "lost" because
of unqualified coders – this includes physicians.