Documentation is the most important part of coding and billing, according to Alliance Medibilling CEO Annette Bolcato. She said the majority of denied claims her company sees are a result of insufficient documentation.
Ms. Bolcato shared the following tip with Becker's ASC Review.
"There's a saying: 'If you didn't document it, it wasn't performed,' and that's very true. It has to be documented. I see it with most of our clients now. We can't stress enough how important it is, across the board. We're living in a world where everything you say has to be documented."
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