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About Barbara Cobuzzi

Barbara J. Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCO Mrs. Barbara J. Cobuzzi is the President of CRN Healthcare Solutions in Tinton Falls, NJ. She holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from New York University. She holds certifications from the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) as a CPC (physician coder), a Fellow, COC (certified outpatient coder), CPC-P (payer coder) a CPC-I (coding instructor) and a CPCO (certified professional compliance officer). She also holds a specialty certification in Otolaryngology (CENTC). Ms. Cobuzzi is a past member of the American Academy of Professional Coders National Advisory Board as well as their Executive Board.…

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Compliantly Optimize Healthcare Reimbursements

Denials and underpayments are defects in the revenue cycle that indicate a provider’s inability to comply with payer requirements or a payer’s inability to accurately pay a claim. CRN Healthcare Solutions works with practices to evaluate and implement lean process workflow denials management so that every dollar not paid which should have been paid is addressed and followed up.

 

Optimal Time to Remind Patients of Appointments

Data from 20 million appointments by SolutionReach was analyzed to gain insight into the optimum time for practice managers and their staffs to successfully remind patients about their upcoming appointments. The data showed that a reminder sent immed… For more,...

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Get Experience as a Newly Certified Coder

I do a lot of mentoring and networking. And as a result, I hear from newly-certified coders, who have their CPC-A and who are having trouble finding a job because most employers are looking for people who have experience. It feels like a Catch-22 bec… For more,...

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New Rules Issued for Modifiers 59, XE, XS, XP, and XU

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a policy change modification to the claims processing logic for Modifier 59 Distinct procedural service (and the optional patient-relationship modifiers XE, XS, XP, and XU) on February 15, … For...

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Will Computer-Assisted Coding Make Coders Obsolete?

I was recently asked by a medical coder if I thought our professional services would soon become obsolete as more and more computer-assisted coding (CAC) applications are developed. I did not have to think about this for very long because CAC increas… For more,...

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