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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.

 

Better Bronchoscopy in 2016

Consider the changes and apply the rules for three new EBUS codes. CPT® 2016 introduced three new codes to describe endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS). Here’s what you need to know to report these services correctly. Reporting EBUS EBUS combines a bronc… For more,...

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Understanding Incident-to Services

Most practices use incident-to services at some time or other, whether it is an encounter where a nurse or medical assistant just takes a blood pressure or gives an injection, or it can … For more, read here: AAPC Healthcare Business...

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Specific Modifiers for Distinct Procedural Services

There have been quite a few blogs and articles lately addressing Medicare’s new -X{EPSU} modifiers to describe subsets of the 59 modifier for “distinct procedural service” via Transmittal … For more, read here: AAPC...

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