From: Paul Kesselman, DPM
Dr. King's article, "Code for What You Do" in the current issue of Podiatry Management, is exactly what providers should be doing. This article is exactly what my recent Letter to The Editor suggests. Don't be afraid to bill the level 3-5 visits, so long as the medical decision-making or time elements are properly documented. Don't be afraid to bill anything you do, so long as you have documented it. Those who have niche practices will be outliers. Is it so bad to be an outlier if you have a subspecialty area you mostly provide services within? No, just document those services well according to the policy and you should be fine, especially at the higher levels of appeal.
Auditors, especially at your payer level, are paid to fail you. They don't get a pat on the back if they just...
Editor's note: Dr. Kesselman's extended-length letter can be read here.
From: Dennis Shavelson, DPM, CPed
Over the past 15-20 years, DPMs have focused on foot surgery focusing on improving the bio-architecture of our patients. Our surgeries alter pedal structure more optimally, allowing the patient to then be engineered more optimally. Our interventions do not fix gait, sports performance, or living our lives more optimally and efficiently, they only make us, on a case to case basis, more fixable.
Improving the stability, support, strength, symmetry and balance of our feet via podiatric foot surgery allows Wolff’s and Davis’ laws to seamlessly adapt to the many changing influences we encounter on a daily basis. That is a great and valuable...
Editor's note: Dr. Shavelson's extended-length letter can be read here.
