Karna W. Morrow, CPC, RCC, CCS-P, PCS
Senior Consultant,
CSI Coding Strategies, Inc,
Powder Springs, GA
Karna W. Morrow is a senior consultant at CSI Coding Strategies, Inc, in Powder Springs, Georgia, and an Editorial Advisory Board member of Oncology Practice Management.
Authored Items
February 2017, Vol 7, No 2
Strategizing patients by determining which patients and what volume of patients will require the most resources is essential to positioning your practice for a successful future. Any business model would identify the needs of a population before defining what services should be brought to a given area, and medical practices should follow suit. Read More ›
January 2017, Vol 7, No 1
The majority of care managers and social workers already know that prioritizing patients by risk is a critical component of effective care management, but risk can mean different things to different people. Therefore, the tool you use or choose to create is vital to proper risk assessment. Read More ›
June 2016, Vol 6, No 6
Benjamin Franklin coined the phrase, “nothing is certain but death and taxes.” Anyone in the healthcare industry would quickly update that phrase to “nothing is certain but death, taxes, and change.” We have not yet recovered from the implementation of International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) and the calendar year 2017 changes are almost on our doorstep. Read More ›
May 2016, Vol 6, No 5
The details are still being debated, but the following are 2 well-known facts about the physician reimbursement models of the future. Read More ›
April 2016, Vol 6, No 4
The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) has placed even more emphasis on the common coding phrase, “If it isn’t documented, it can’t be reported.” The increased specificity of the new code set is about more than only capturing the laterality of a patient’s disease and the precise anatomical site. Read More ›
March 2016, Vol 6, No 3
The date of the implementation of the International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM, henceforth “ICD-10”), has come and gone, and we have survived what is arguably the most significant change for providers in the history of reporting healthcare services. Read More ›
April 2015, Vol 5, No 3
Healthcare continues to move rapidly toward the direction of more collaborative care, with patient care being coordinated among specialties and anchored by a primary care provider. The pace of this change, however, does not minimize the opportunity to improve key workflows, especially in the area of imaging. Read More ›
December 2014, Vol 4, No 8
In an ideal practice management world, every unique coding situation would be carefully explained within the American Medical Association (AMA) Curent Procedural Terminology (CPT) codebook or within the CPT Changes: An Insider’s View manual. The rules for coding and compliance would be black and white, and they would be applied consistently from insurance payer to insurance payer. Read More ›
June 2014, Vol 4, No 4
Regardless of which version you are considering, the International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD-CM) is a morbidity classification published by the United States for classifying diagnoses and reasons for visits in all healthcare settings. Read More ›
November 2013, Vol 3, No 7
As many practices move from planning for to actually implementing the new code set for the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM), a few things are strikingly apparent. Read More ›