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You are here > Home > Recommended Reading > Coding Resources > Medical Office Billing and Collections Medical Office Billing & Collections Alert 12 monthly issues / 12 months ASIN: B00006KNDA Coding Institute / Eli Research (Click Amazon here for best current subscription price) This important publication is sent to you 12 times annually. Each issue is about 8 pages long. Every month you will receive "how-to" information to help you streamline billing practices and file the cleanest claims possible in the face of constantly changing regulations. It is the practical monthly advisor for ethically optimizing billing and collections for your medical practice. With your paid subscription, you will also have opportunities to earn AAPC approved CEUs. To give you an idea of the type of coverage provided in this publication, here are the topics covered in the June 2005 issue: Solid Education May Be Cure-All for Your Audit-Revealed Billing Problems Visual Aids Such as Bell-Curve Charts Can Help Problem Providers See the Big Picture Learn When States Govern Collections: Avoid Legal Hot Water by Knowing When You Can Collect on Medicaid and Workers Comp Patients Collections Strategies: You Can Control the Conversation and Get Better Payment Results If You're Prepared with the Right Responses Looking for Benchmarking Data? Try These 4 Resources. The RIght Information Can Make for a Much More Productive Internal Audit Start Your NPI Application Process Sooner, Not Later: The New National Provider Identifier Will Make Your Life Easier, But You Have To Do the Legwork First Experts Agree: Hire an Outside Auditor If You Don't Know the Difference Between Modifiers -57 and -25, You Could Be Causing Unnecessary Denials When Does a Global Surgical Period Technically Begin for Billing Purposes? How to Check the Global Period an a Procedure Code if Not Sure What It Is Use New Patient Status Code for Transfers to CAH Check Out These General ICD-9 Changes Prove Your Timely Filing with 3 Steps Assess Patient Cooperation with Simple Yardsticks The Editorial Board includes: Jean Acevedo, LHRM, CPC, CHC, Senior Consultant, Acevedo Consulting Inc. Edward F. Babb, MD, CPC, Member, National Physician, Advisory Board, AAPC, Practicing Office-Based Otolaryngologist, Lafayette, N.J., Member, Physician Advocate, Consultants and Trainers LLC Tricia Bardon, BBA, President, Medical Perspectives, Mich., Consultant Staff for the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Catherine A. Brink, CMM, CPC, President, Healthcare Resource Management Inc., N.J. Barbara J. Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CHBME, President, Cash Flow Solutions Inc., N.J., Member of the AAPC National Advisory Board Teresa S. Coles, Esq., MLIS, CPC, Founding Member, Physician Advocate, Consultants and Trainers, N.J., Member, AAPC Ramona Cosme, President, Ramco Medical Billing Inc., N.J., Garnet Dunston, CPC, MPC, President/CEO, Dunston Enterprises, Past Secretary, AAPC National Advisory Board Jack Eckert, MBA, CFM, CMA, President, MediCo Unlimited LLC Mary I. Falbo, MBA, CPC, President, Millennium Healthcare Consulting Inc., Pa. L. Michael Fleischman, CHC, CHCC, Principal, Gates, Moore & Company, Ga. Terry A. Fletcher, BS, CPC, CCS-P, CCS, President/CEO, Terry Fletcher Consultants, Calif., Member, AAPC Stephanie L. Jones, NRCMA, NRCAHA, CPC, Vice President of Operations, Aztec Medical Systems, Miami Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC, Past President, AAPC National Advisory Board Elliot Oppenheim, MD, JD, LLM Health Law, President/CEO, coMEDco Inc., Santa Fe, N.M. Franz Ritucci, MD, DABAM, FAEP, Director, American Academy of Ambulatory Care, Fla. Stanley M. Szelazek, CPC, CPC-H, CCP, CCAT, ACS-OR, Senior Principal, Account ABILITY Physician Practice Management Consulting Services Inc., Lake Worth, Fla. Steve Verno, NREMTP, CMBSI, Director of Reimbursement, Emergency Medicine Specialists, Fla., Compliance Director, Medical Association of Billers Eli Research is a research and information company with over 60 print and online publications serving core markets of health care, law and financial services. They currently serve a reader base of over 100,000 business executives nationwide, 80 percent of whom are top officers at their respective companies. Their roots go back to 1947 with the founding of Medicine and Health -- the oldest health policy newsletter in the country. They acquired the Washington DC-based Health Care Information Center, including Medicine and Health and 30 other titles formerly published by Faulkner and Gray. In building their company, Eli Research has focused exclusively on providing high-quality news and analysis for professionals who need critical news and information to survive and prosper. Eli Research and Eli Healthcare have distinguished themselves from other publishers by providing intelligent analysis of new strategies, rather than simply reporting on industry developments. This analytical focus makes their work particularly unique. Key to maintaining this analytical focus is the advanced training and experience of their editorial team. 12 monthly issues / 12 months ASIN: B00006KNDA Coding Institute / Eli Research (Click Amazon here for best current subscription price)   This important is sent to you 12 times annually. Every month you will receive "how-to" information to help you streamline billing practices and file the cleanest claims possible in the face of constantly changing regulations. It is the practical monthly advisor for ethically optimizing billing and collections for your medical practice. Please remember: The government no longer allows a grace period for annual code sets. The new HIPAA Transaction and Code Set Rule requires providers to use national medical code sets that are valid at the time that a service is provided. ICD-9-CM code revisions become effective October 1st each year while CPT and HCPCS code revisions become effective January 1st. In order for you to meet this requirement, you must have the revised CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-9-CM codes in your possession before the implementation dates. The best way to do this is to order your code books early. Review current coding resources. 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