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A practice-operations walkthrough of the 2003 MMA: Part D coverage determinations, e-prescribing vendor chains, employer creditable coverage notices, and audit contractor records requests — with the HIPAA and BAA implications spelled out.
Carl B. Johnson
The phrase "initial wellness visit" maps to two different Medicare benefits with different eligibility windows — and the health risk assessment behind it quietly turns three or four vendors into business associates. Here is the operational and privacy workflow.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations guide to how wound washout CPT code selection actually gets documented — plus the photo storage, vendor BAA, and records-request exposures that ride along with every wound care claim.
Carl B. Johnson
How practices handle the 99254 CPT code operationally: the request-and-report rule, payer recognition problems, hospital EHR access risk, and the vendor agreements that hold it all together.
Carl B. Johnson
Hypertension codes touch your clearinghouse, your billing vendor, your analytics stack, and your records requests. Here's the operational workflow — and the privacy obligations that ride along with it.
Carl B. Johnson
What RVUs actually are, how the fee schedule math works, and why the encounter-level extract behind your productivity dashboard is PHI long before it becomes a chart in a board deck.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations walkthrough of chronic care management CPT codes: the monthly time log, the consent record, the 24/7 access requirement, and the business associate exposure your CCM vendor creates.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations walkthrough of the 87880 CPT code description: CLIA waiver mechanics, QW modifier handling, QC logs, and the vendor and records-access exposure a rapid strep test creates.
Carl B. Johnson
The 99439 CPT code bills the second and third 20-minute blocks of chronic care management staff time. Here's the documentation, consent, vendor, and records-request workflow your practice needs behind it.
Carl B. Johnson
CPT 98016 replaced HCPCS G2012 for brief virtual check-ins. Here's how practice administrators handle the timing rules, consent capture, documentation, and the vendor agreements the code quietly requires.
Carl B. Johnson