Christmas-Gift-List-Blog-12-05-2014

The Ambulance Billing Office Christmas Gift List

The Ambulance Billing Office Christmas Gift List Easy to please… Now there may be those of you who differ in your opinion, but take it from those of us who have been part of an ambulance billing office for a long time, we’re actually easy to please. With that in mind,we thought we’d send out […]

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Grading-the-Quiz-Part-2-Blog-11-21-2014

Grading the Documentation Pop Quiz-Scenario 2

Grading the Documentation Pop Quiz-Scenario 2 Wrapping it up… We wrap up the Our Documentation Quiz, 3-Part series this week with our discussion of “Scenario 2.” If you missed the first week’s post that outlines Scenario 2, use the blog home page to drill down to our post two weeks ago. In the past we […]

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Grading-the-Quiz-Blog-11-14-2014

Grading the Documentation Pop Quiz-Scenario 1

Grading the Documentation Pop Quiz-Scenario 1 How did you do? Last week in this space we began a 3-part series that we entitled “Our Documentation Quiz.” If you missed it, we suggest that you skip down and read the post or you’ll be lost by reading this week’s post. We presented two hypothetical EMS scenarios […]

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Documentation-Quiz-Blog-11-07-2014

Our Documentation Quiz

Our Documentation Quiz Pop Quiz Regular readers of this space know that we focus a lot on Patient Care Reports and the documentation in those reports. The real purpose of this blog space is to help all of you become better documenters while calling your attention to the rules and regulations that are in place […]

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Personal-Information-Blog-10-24-2014

Why so much personal information?

Why so much personal information? Congratulations! So you say you’ve just been elected to the Board of Directors or you’ve become an Officer or both for your local EMS Agency. Congratulations! We applaud your willingness to step up to lend your wisdom and leadership capabilities to make a difference in the lives of those in […]

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363-and-Counting-Blog-09-19-2104

363 and Counting!

363 and Counting! Cue the Shark Song! Da-dun. Da-dun. Da-dun, da-dun, da-dun… Can you hear it in your head? The “Jaws” theme playing as the fin approaches closer and closer through the water… It’s coming! No not a ferocious shark with big teeth but a big monster for sure and it’s called… ICD-10!!!!!!!!! Not a […]

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3-Pronged-Role-Blog-09-26-2104

The 3-Pronged Role of the EMS Billing Office

The 3-Pronged Role of the EMS Billing Office A Higher Calling Every EMS billing office has a higher calling. Your EMS billing staff, whether they are in-house or you use an outsourcing company, like Enhanced Management Services, need to understand that without an adequate flow of dollars your EMS agency is not going to be […]

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