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Regular columnist Dr. Richard Duszak tackles aspects of financial management and the correct coding to bill for radiological examinations.

 

2009

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Colonic and Cardiac Imaging: Two Steps Forward
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
November 2009 (Vol. 6, Issue 11, Pages 744-745)
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Documentation Means Dollars: A Few Simple Tips for Better Reimbursement
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
September 2009 (Vol. 6, Issue 9, Pages 613-614)
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Cardiac MRI: Will Coverage Ever Flow?
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
May 2009 (Vol. 6, Issue 5, Pages 292-293)
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RAC or Racket? You Be the Judge
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
March 2009 (Vol. 6, Issue 3, Pages 142-143)
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Do You Really Want That Package?
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
January 2009 (Vol. 6, Issue 1, Pages 7-8)
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2008

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Building a Better Compliance Officer
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
November 2008 (Vol. 5, Issue 11, Pages 1106-1108)
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Emerging Reimbursement for Emerging CT Technology
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
September 2008 (Vol. 5, Issue 9, Pages 958-959)
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In Search of an Acceptable Coding Error Rate
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
July 2008 (Vol. 5, Issue 7, Pages 793-795)
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Coding for CAD
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
May 2008 (Vol. 5, Issue 5, Pages 619-620)
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Paying for Transcription: Not Very Professional
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
March 2008 (Vol. 5, Issue 3, Pages 166-167)
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New Codes, Once Again
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
January 2008 (Vol. 5, Issue 1, Pages 19-20)
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2007

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Arthrography Coding: Not Disjointed at All
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
November 2007 (Vol. 4, Issue 11, Pages 758-759)
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Teaching Physician Compliance
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
September 2007 (Vol. 4, Issue 9, Pages 584-585)
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Virtual Whatever-ography: A Coding Conundrum
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
July 2007 (Vol. 4, Issue 7, Pages 446-447)
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Cross-Sectional Angiography: Reconstructing the Correct Codes
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
May 2007 (Vol. 4, Issue 5, Pages 270-271)
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Medically Unbelievable Edits: Unbelievable Indeed
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
March 2007 (Vol. 4, Issue 3, Pages 187-188)
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New Year, New Codes…And All New Confusion
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
January 2007 (Vol. 4, Issue 1, Pages 69-70)
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2006

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Qui Tam Means Trouble
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
November 2006 (Vol. 3, Issue 11, Pages 885-887)
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Deauthorization: The Insidious New Payer Trick
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
September 2006 (Vol. 3, Issue 9, Pages 713-715)
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Completely Limited Coding
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
July 2006 (Vol. 3, Issue 7, Pages 550-553)
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The Ordering Physician Rules!
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
May 2006 (Vol. 3, Issue 5, Pages 369-371)
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Deciphering the Reimbursement Lexicon
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
March 2006 (Vol. 3, Issue 3, Pages 216-217)
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The New Reconstruction Codes: 3-D is Better Than No D
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
January 2006 (Vol. 3, Issue 1, Pages 67-68)
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2005

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New CT Codes to Take to Heart
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
November 2005 (Vol. 2, Issue 11, Pages 955-957)
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Another Unpaid Second Opinion
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
September 2005 (Vol. 2, Issue 9, Pages 793-794)
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When Expert Coding Advice Isn’t
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
July 2005 (Vol. 2, Issue 7, Pages 634-635)
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Diagnosis PleaseIf You Want To Get Paid!
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
May 2005 (Vol. 2, Issue 5, Pages 447-448)
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Coding certification: Can you afford less?
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
March 2005 (Vol. 2, Issue 3, Pages 282-283)
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New rules, new codes, and the fall from grace
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
January 2005 (Vol. 2, Issue 1, Pages 79-80)
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2004

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Dictating for dollars (and compliance, too)
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
November 2004 (Vol. 1, Issue 11, Pages 874-875)
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Pelvic sonography: OB or not OB
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
September 2004 (Vol. 1, Issue 9, Pages 689-690)
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CT colonography and virtual reimbursement
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
July 2004 (Vol. 1, Issue 7, Pages 457-458)
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Compliance: Not all fun and games
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
May 2004 (Vol. 1, Issue 5, Pages 311-312)
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Venous access: deciphering the new codes
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
March 2004 (Vol. 1, Issue 3, Pages 166-168)
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Coding and billing: the long road from ABC to W-2
Richard Duszak
Journal of the American College of Radiology
January 2004 (Vol. 1, Issue 1, Page 66)
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