Opinons and commentary on this issue please!
Our hospital employs multiple physicians for which I am the billing and coding manager. One particular physician routinely fails to complete and/or sign off of his notes. We currently have six pages of unsigned/incomplete notes dating back to January 2011. There are also incomplete notes from prior to 2008 when we implemented an EHR. I have notified our Compliance Officer of this several times, the CEO, the CFO - AND the physician that this is a compliance issue and needs to be addressed. The CEO feels that, as the employer, this is not a concern of ours since it does not relate to employment contracts. Am I wrong thinking that it is a major concern of the hospital's as the physician bills under their group number?
Thank you for any insight you can provide.
Our hospital employs multiple physicians for which I am the billing and coding manager. One particular physician routinely fails to complete and/or sign off of his notes. We currently have six pages of unsigned/incomplete notes dating back to January 2011. There are also incomplete notes from prior to 2008 when we implemented an EHR. I have notified our Compliance Officer of this several times, the CEO, the CFO - AND the physician that this is a compliance issue and needs to be addressed. The CEO feels that, as the employer, this is not a concern of ours since it does not relate to employment contracts. Am I wrong thinking that it is a major concern of the hospital's as the physician bills under their group number?
Thank you for any insight you can provide.