What if you could easily decipher the complexities of medical coding?
-Even if you were never taught medical coding
-Even if you are not a certified medical coder
-Even if you live a busy lifestyle
Use our resources today.
Cramming patients into an already busy schedule while working though lunch and after office to write notes and document in an electronic medical record (EMR) is an all too common story. Can you do this every day for the rest of your life?
Remember medical school, when you felt that your career would land you on top of the world, make you rich, and let you take exotic Instagram-worthy vacations?
The harsh reality is that this dream is becoming harder to achieve. Reimbursement for medical services continues to plummet. For example, the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule conversion factor is lower than it was in 2002! Physician burnout is rising. And to make things worse, most clinicians are leaving money on the table for work they are doing because they don't understand the complex documentation and coding guidelines.
After residency, I felt unstoppable. However, I quickly found myself forced into solo practice. I was renting out office space in the cheapest strip mall I could find. My wife would work the front desk and we'd both team up to clean the office on the weekend, just to keep overhead low. Being an excellent clinician just wasn't enough to truly succeed in medicine. There was more to the hustle than just taking care of patients. I had to become a businessman to run a lean medical office.
Then it hit me. To leverage medical billing to maximize reimbursement, I first had to learn the rules of medical coding. It started with scribbling ICD and CPT codes on the back of notecards. This quickly evolved into self publishing my first book on General Surgery Coding in 2015.
When I started my medical practice, I wanted to sleep well at night knowing that I would get paid appropriately for every patient I saw and procedure I performed. Twenty years later, I go to work because I enjoy it, not because I feel like a slave to productivity metrics.
LOVE WHAT YOU DO, AND YOU WILL NEVER WORK A DAY IN YOUR LIFE.
You'd think that after going through 10+ years of medical training, we would emerge with an iron clad understanding of medical coding. But the majority of clinicians are never taught appropriate medical coding and billing. What's left are clinicians who are slogging through the day, getting complex spreadsheets every month from administration about how they need to cram more patients into the day while maintaining "value metrics."
The truth is that everyone wants to be good at medical coding, but resources are lacking. Outdated blogs aren't comprehensive or specialty specific. On the other hand, specialty specific programs are bulky and expensive. No one has the time to sift through resources and streamline the process. It's impractical to dive into lengthy websites after patient encounters to figure out what the appropriate code for the encounter is.
And that's how we end up in our current situation. A workforce of clinicians who are undercoding, out of ignorance.
Let's say that you run a busy office clinic and see 20 patients on average per day. You base your coding on "gut feeling" and instinct. You pick the code that is a mid-level code just so that you don't get audited for undercoding or overcoding. You spend a ton of time on documentation, even at the end of the day. Your coding bell curve peaks on a level of 3.2. Now, let's say you learn how to document efficiently and code accurately. You cut down your documentation time by 20% and shift your coding bell curve peak on a level of 3.6. You're documenting less but getting paid more...BY FOLLOWING THE RULES!
Over the course of 1 year, if you took 6 weeks of vacation, saw only Medicare patients (RVU conversion factor of 32), and you have a 70%/30% mix between established/new patients, you would earn an extra $42,000 per year with a coding curve peak shift from just 3.2 to 3.6.
That's right! You made $42,000 extra from just learning to code visits accurately. That could pay for some fantastic vacations...and more.
If you see more private payer patients, your realized gain could be even higher.
If you got that bell curve peak to shift to higher levels or negotiated a higher RVU payment rate, your realized gains could skyrocket.
Compounding over time, that could result in hundreds of thousands of dollars and earlier financial freedom.
We are here to decipher the complexities of medical coding for you. We provide an up to date, easy to use online course, concise evaluation and management books, and free podcast episodes to help clinicians understand medical coding. These comprehensive and concise resources come from my 28+ years of experience and have already helped clinicians and coders.
Most salary based contracts have a productivity bonus clause based on a threshold total RVU. By using correct coding, you can raise RVU generation even while seeing the same number of patients. After hitting the RVU threshold, each additional RVU is generating more income for you, beyond your salary. Even if you are on a flat salary model without a bonus option, knowing your productivity in comparison to others in your field can significantly boost salary negotiations.
UMC simplifies the complex. I once struggled to learn coding and documentation. As a practicing physician, I have translated the complex into clinically practical information, and made it easy to learn. I certainly can't afford to be inefficient or imprecise. Our online course is easy to understand, covers relevant points, and can immediately help you boost productivity.
UMC focuses on Evaluation and Management services. Just about every specialty can benefit from this. We also offer education regarding accurate procedure coding using modifiers.
Medicare states that the buck stops at the physician when it comes to correct coding. If you have a coder and biller in your office and they are picking wrong codes, it is your responsibility if Medicare comes knocking on your door. UMC shows how you can audit proof your documentation. The more you know about coding as the provider of the services, the more accurate your codes will be.
Are you unhappy with the burden of documentation, the complexities of medical coding, and financial constraints? Then UMC can help. If you don't feel that UMC is a good fit for you, then that's fine - we're always here in case you change your mind.
A reference for Evaluation and Management Service coding and billing. It is geared to all Healthcare Providers and Professional Medical Coders. It provides a streamlined process for code selection and documentation to achieve efficiency and accuracy in medical billing. This book will save you time, raise the accuracy of your coding and billing, and minimize audit risk.
This affordable, concise, and comprehensive General Surgery Coding book continues the tradition to Improve Documentation, Code Intelligently, and Minimize Audit Risk. This book is intended for General Surgery Healthcare Providers (physicians, APP's, etc.) and Professional Medical Coders. It provides a streamlined process for General Surgery ICD and CPT code selection and documentation to achieve efficiency and accuracy in medical billing.
By learning how to appropriately code, you can earn more than these courses are worth within the first month of implementation. Start learning today!
Pay a one-time fee for access to our beginner's course covering evaluation/management codes, procedures, global periods, modifiers, critical care coding, using APPs, consultation coding and much more! This course builds a strong foundation for trainees, early career providers, and even seasoned providers.
Price: $600.
For those who want to elevate their coding beyond the basics. Topics include how to download and interpret PFS Relative Value Files Conversion Factors, standards of medical documentation, MDM vs. time based billing, avoiding audit risk. Price: $1000
Buy Now
Learning how to code efficiently is a family passion. We're a small family-owned business dedicated to educating and empowering medical professionals.
"Dr. Sheth's book is my go to book every year. It is simple to use. We have very few denials. This book is great to have regardless if you are a surgeon, a coder, or a pre-cert girl like me.
"This is a great coding reference tool to have in your toolbox. Whether you're a new coder or a seasoned professional, this book can help improve your efficiency and accuracy...There are also many great tips from a physician's perspective on best practice for documentation...I use this book daily and give it my highest recommendation."
Fill out the form to send us your message.
Or email us at: codingsolutionsllc@gmail.com
