The Pulmonary and Critical Care and Critical Care Fellowship programs will be using a NEW program for interviews starting in 2024 named “Thalamus” (Login) This new program has many advantages: Allows you to use your camera/microphone (similar to Zoom or WebeX) Have direct access to ALL the candidates applications through it (since it pulls all […]
2024 Medicare Oxygen Guidelines/Requirements
In the attached document, Hart Medical has outlined an additional step to provide supplemental oxygen for our patients. As this is a Medicare guideline, I suspect all other DME providers and insurance companies will adopt or have adopted these changes as well. To prescribe oxygen the patient needs to: Have an oxygen saturation ≤ 88% […]
E&M Outpatient Office Visit Medical Decision Making
If a provider is not billing by time in the outpatient setting, you can use this chart to determine billing levels
Individuals suspected of experiencing domestic abuse
How do we document? Non objectively. For example: “Bruising on the neck” instead of “strangulation marks,” etc. Who do we call: Henry Ford Police (who will call Detroit Police Department) Case management (for APS filings and social work assessments) Avalon What is Avalon? (http://avalonhealing.org) A center for support for victims of domestic violence and sexual […]
Reading Overnight (Nocturnal) oximetry studies
Staffing of these studies will be with the PM checker. The PFT fellow will contact the PM checker to let them know and arrange a time to review the studies. This information has been created into an Epic dot phrase. You can copy/paste it into one of your own dot phrases by taking it from […]
Noninvasive ordering for OSA patients
The attached powerpoint discusses how to search for a sleep study and how to order auto cpap or bipap.
RSV Vaccination
CDC Recommendations Adults 60 years old and over may receive a single dose of RSV vaccine using shared clinical decision-making. Risk factors for severe RSV disease Cardiopulmonary disease, Kidney disorders, Liver disorders, Neurologic or neuromuscular conditions, Hematologic disorders, Diabetes mellitus, and Moderate or severe immune compromise (either attributable to a medical condition or receipt of […]
Prior Auths
With Max Miller, leaving, Olga Rincones will be the Prior Auth individual until a replacement is found.
ILD or Sarcoid Outpatient Consults & Requests for Multidisciplinary Conference Review
ILD Outpatient referrals Workflow For APPs and Pulmonary staff : Let your patient know that you are reviewing with our team and that they will be called to schedule with the ILD team or hear from you with next steps. Enter a consult order request for pulmonary à interstitial lung disease. Enter whatever details you […]
Drug coverage
If you would like to determine whether a particular inhaler (or any drug) is covered for your patient, go to this site: Formulary Lookup (decisionresourcesgroup.com) And register for a free account. You can then choose patient’s insurance plan and a range of meds (which you can create a custom list) and it will tell you […]