Medical Scribes play an important role in the clinical documentation capture process. Medical Scribes have become increasingly more popular as most of the healthcare industry moved to electronic health records. Scribes help providers spend less time capturing and entering data by recording the patient encounter details. Scribes support providers in physician practices, hospitals, emergency departments, long-term care facilities, ambulatory care centers, acute care settings, etc. Scribes provide tremendous value to medical providers by significantly reducing the administrative burden of record keeping. However, organizations and providers must be mindful of the various regulatory considerations associated with using medical scribes. Scribes provide tremendous value to medical providers by significantly reducing the administrative burden of record keeping.
However, there are many compliance considerations associated with using medical scribes in an organization. The cost of getting medical scribe compliance wrong can have catastrophic consequences on an organization, including documentation deficiencies, audits, recoupments, joint commission violations, etc. In this webinar, we will the roles and responsibilities of medical scribes, medical provider responsibilities, scribe documentation guidelines, sample workflows, security safeguards, budgetary considerations, best practices, common challenges, and so much more.
Medical Scribes help medical providers work more efficiently by facilitating the medical record documentation process. Statistics show that competent and qualified medical scribes help increase efficiency and patient satisfaction, while having a positive impact on patient outcomes. There are many legal considerations that need to be addressed should your organization want to use/continue to use medical scribes. We discuss the roles and responsibilities of medical scribes, documentation guidelines, regulatory compliance, workflows, challenges, etc.
Toni Elhoms, CCS, CRC, CPC, AHIMA-Approved ICD10-CM/PCS Trainer is a nationally known speaker and recognized subject matter expert on medical coding, reimbursement, and revenue cycle management. She is the Founder and CEO of Alpha Coding Experts, LLC. She holds multiple credentials with the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC). With over a decade of industry experience, she has led and supported hospital systems, universities, physician practices, payers, government agencies, and other entities on coding, billing, and compliance initiatives. She is a frequent contributor to various media outlets, speaker, and regular guest on industry podcasts. She created the Alpha Coding Podcast series to share her industry Pro-Tips. She also leads and mentors a network of revenue cycle management professionals across the country and serves as the President of the Orlando, FL AAPC Chapter.