Each year, the Compliance Office presents an award to individuals who demonstrated diligence in their medical billing compliance efforts. This year the winners are: Dr Seth Powsner in the Department of Psychiatry was one of the pioneers to develop templates to capture medical record documentation for E&M visits. He is extremely knowledgeable about the documentation guidelines and an active participant in compliance training sessions. He recently attended a Medicare meeting and provided his minutes of the meeting to the Compliance Department in order to keep us abreast of the new Medicare Medical Director’s interpretation of several billing issues.
Kathleen Bartolotta, Clinical Practice Specialist III, was selected for her proactive approach in seeking Compliance Department input at the start of all new billing initiatives and for her role in strengthening our billing relationship with Yale New Haven Hospital. The recipients received a gift certificate to a popular local restaurant. Bill Nemit, Materials Handler for Materials, YNHH, received an honorable mention for his diligence in getting correspondence that signifies external audits to the Compliance Department in an expeditious manner. Howard Bibbins, Team, Leader in PFS, received an honorable mention for his spirit of cooperation in working with the Compliance Department. Both honorable mention recipients received gift cards for free gas. Congratulations to all!