As stated in the release, “Ms. Norris will lead the committee in advising organizations on issues of payor use and abuse of the CMS and Marshfield E/M documentation guidelines, misinterpretation by payers of AMA/CPT guidelines, and/or how ICD-10 will affect documentation and coding. She will also continue to educate physicians about the 2015 Medicare Final Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and Value Modifier (VM) requirements, respectively, analyzing the measures and specifications that are specific to emergency departments and discussing strategies for effective PQRS documentation.”
This would be the second appointment of a Zotec Partner employee to a national emergency medicine association in 2015.
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