Summary: Time has become a factor in almost every Healthcare patient encounter, It makes you wonder if physicians and providers are being baited into a false sense of security. When E/M only allowed time to document the visit if 50% or more was spent counseling, it was easier to quantify the time thresholds.<br> However, with “non-face-to-face” time also part of the total encounter, and a focus on new prolonged service codes, it begs the question: are we spending too much time with our patients?<br> Terry discusses this and more in this week’s Top Ten Tuesday episode of the CodeCast Podcast.<br> Subscribe and Listen<br> You can subscribe to our podcasts via:<br> <br> * Apple Podcasts – <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/codecast-medical-billing-coding-insights/id1305926627" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/codecast-medical-billing-coding-insights/id1305926627</a><br> * Google Podcasts – <a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ia47t6quqphhsanlzpajk37yiga" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ia47t6quqphhsanlzpajk37yiga</a><br> * Spotify – <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1lA69Q7EnjSMuVr3sXVWlX" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://open.spotify.com/show/1lA69Q7EnjSMuVr3sXVWlX</a><br> * Stitcher – <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=156874" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=156874</a><br> * TuneIn – <a href="https://tunein.com/radio/CodeCast--Medical-Billing-p1056702/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://tunein.com/radio/CodeCast–Medical-Billing-p1056702/</a><br> * YouTube – <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoNm5vs6PFMIEDa5Undidlg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoNm5vs6PFMIEDa5Undidlg</a><br> * Amazon Podcasts – <a href="https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/c9d8dc99-fced-45a2-82b4-0efdf144c897/CodeCast-Medical-Billing-and-Coding-Insights" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/c9d8dc99-fced-45a2-82b4-0efdf144c897/CodeCast-Medical-Billing-and-Coding-Insights</a><br> * iHeart Radio – <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-codecast-medical-billing-a-31135434/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-codecast-medical-billing-a-31135434/</a><br> <br> If you’d like to become a sponsor of the CodeCast podcast please contact us directly for pricing: <a href="https://www.terryfletcher.net/contact/">https://www.terryfletcher.net/contact/</a><br>
