Problem 1: Choose one large healthcare organization or system to review and pretend that you will be conducting an independent audit as a consultant. List ten ethical or legal challenges/issues that you may discover when conducting your independent audit for accurate medical coding for either physician practices, hospitals, hospice, or any organization that provides health care services. Explain each challenge/issue/problem that may transpire when conducting your audit. Need Assignment Help?
Problem 2: After the audit, you are hired on as part of a consultant team for that healthcare organization or system to develop a best practices medical coding manual for the healthcare organization and/or system, what basic guidelines or rules would you include or recommend for auditing purposes, compliance issues, patient care outcomes, and to better manage clinical operations?