Graduate111 Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Hi guys. Does anyone else have to do meaningful use cpt codes at the end of their chart? Such as you discussed the patient's BMI with them and screened for fall prevention? What are the purpose of these codes? How important are they? They really take a lot of time in my charting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIPPER Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 You need to have these codes entered as an automatic entry when you enter your visit code. Fall, functional status, etc, those should be 10 simple clicks for those two and once for billing.... Yes it ads up, but you're admin will love your compliance Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graduate111 Posted November 12, 2015 Author Share Posted November 12, 2015 What are the purpose of them? What happens if I miss a couple and forgot to say we screened for depression or fall prevention even though we did? Are these things the practice is billing for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graduate111 Posted November 12, 2015 Author Share Posted November 12, 2015 Sorry if this is a dumb question but I am a new grad and this is totally new to me and I am slow already in charting as is without these codes at the end of my chart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted November 12, 2015 Administrator Share Posted November 12, 2015 They are medicare carrot/stick stuff. Click all the boxes? More money. Don't click them? Less money. My practice has a simpler solution: Skip the EMR entirely, phase out medicare patients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceBanner Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 ^I wish we could do that. We just click the boxes on everyone and have them fill out a silly depression questionnaire. Meaningless use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted November 12, 2015 Moderator Share Posted November 12, 2015 MEANINGLESS USE I have no use for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paula Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Other names: Meaningless Abuse, Meaningless Misuse, or Forced Fraud (in my opinion). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbrsmurf Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 i have to do this stupid pqrs reporting thing for my clinic now, too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkertdm Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 The government gave your clinic a chunk of money to utilize electronic medical records. To show that the clinic actually used the money, they need to do some required things: follow generalized "recommended" screening guidelines, like checking for diabetes or screening for depression. You really need to do it for each patient once per year. I worked at a company that didn't sign up for this, so it wasn't required. Many of these things are common sense, and as noted above, you can address this during your visit (I use a PHQ-2 for depression, and expand on it if necessary), etc. That's my understanding anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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