Practice Management Alert

Hire an Outside Auditor, Experts Agree

Published on Fri May 13, 2005

Outside help is a must to ensure you're not overlooking a billing, coding or compliance problem that causes you to lose revenue or exposes you to legal risks.

At least once a year, you should have an independent coding consultant perform an audit, says Mary Falbo, MBA, CPC, president of Millennium Healthcare Consulting Inc. in Lansdale, Pa.

An outsider will be able to examine your coding and billing from different angles and spot issues that office employees overlook, agrees Curtis Udell, CPAR, CPC, CMPA, senior advisor with Health Care Advisors Inc. in Annandale, Va.

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