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Going Beyond Diagnosis: Preventing Payment Errors by Improving Provider-Payer Communication

A failure to communicate is the number-one cause of Medicare claims denials. Palmetto GBA’s Going Beyond Diagnosis (GBD) process helps reduce Medicare denials by supporting the dissemination of best practices and process improvements. The GBD Blog was established to provide a platform for discussing the challenges and complexities of communicating health care encounters and to provide potential solutions to identified root causes for specific communication errors.
The GBD Blog and Twitter ID (@BeyondDx) are part of Palmetto GBA’s innovative strategy for increasing the capacity of Medicare providers to improve the quality of health care records and effectively decrease the claims payment error rate. The latest GBD posts address the effective communication of surgical and selective debridement services. The success of this social media approach to communicating with health care stakeholders depends on your active participation.
True innovation requires collaboration. Please join the online GBD community by visiting the GBD Blog or signing up to follow us on Twitter: @BeyondDx.
Access the latest articles in the Palmetto GBA Going Beyond Diagnosis^® Blog.

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Ponder over the following personality traits:

1. Independent: Can you complete tasks without direction? Do you have to be encouraged constantly. Many billers and coders have assignments and they are expected to complete them within a specific time frame.

2. Decision maker: Can you make logical decisions? Do you constantly need to consult with others prior to deciding what should be done?

3. Detail oriented: Do you pay attention to the little things? Are you capable of looking for trends?

4. Organizational skills: You must be organized. You will handle a variety of forms and important documents.

5. Computer literate: Do you know how to use a computer? The basics: attach documents, use word, and etc

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