Behind the Implementation
| Brian Meredith, CPC |
Brian Meredith is a Compliance Specialist with an extensive background in physician billing, coding and compliance ranging from work with large multi-specialty group practices associated with major teaching hospitals to small private physician groups over a more than 12-year period. He is a Certified Professional Coder with the American Academy of Professional Coders and is a member of the adjunct faculty at Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts, as instructor of courses in medical billing and coding. Most recently, he has been using his expertise to assist with the development of physician documentation templates, especially in the electronic medical record format.
Bring your list of questions on physician documentation related to coding and compliance to Brian or check out his list of discussion topics below:
| 1. Medical Necessity: Medicare’s overarching criterion for payment |
| 2. Avoiding compliance pitfalls while attempting to maximize revenue for your practice when creating EMR |
| 3. Creating an intelligent medical record (IMR) |
| 4. Using resident, fellow, and medical student documentation as part of your EMR |
| 5. Using non-physician provider documentation as part of your EMR |
| 6. CMS evaluation and management guidelines (1995 and 1997) --- Which set to use for your EMR? |