Sonal Patel

Paint The Medical Picture Podcast

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Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM serves as the host on her Paint The Medical Picture Podcast series. The series is focused on providing listeners with the latest healthcare industry news in medical coding, medical billing, auditing, compliance, and reimbursement. It dives into best practice tips to improve clinical documentation and coding accuracy to garner correct reimbursement levels the first time around. The series will also include updates on cases of fraud, waste, and abuse to help professionals avoid payor scrutiny, and so much more on episodes dropping each Wednesday.

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Sonal Patel

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Newsworthy OIG Work Plan for January 2022, Trusty Tip for Critical Care in 2022, and Aristotle Onassis' Spark 09.02.2022 29:45

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting by supporting it!! Sonal's 5th Season begins and Episode 6 features a Newsworthy update on the OIG Work Plan for January 2022. Trusty Tip features Sonal's compliance recommendations on Critical Care in 2022, with a snapshot of concurren...

Newsworthy Interview with Shirley Moy, Trusty Tip for Entries in the Medical Record, and Giorgio Armani's Spark 02.02.2022 44:49

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting by supporting it!! Sonal's 5th Season begins and Episode 5 features a special Newsworthy guest, Shirley Moy. She is the CEO of SpringSoft Medical, Inc. She is a healthcare IT pioneer in the industry and provides unique services at Swift...

Newsworthy Month of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Cases, Trusty Tip on CBR for CMT Services, and Deepak Chopra's Spark 26.01.2022 27:31

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting by supporting it!! Sonal's 5th Season begins and Episode 4 features Newsworthy updates for the month's fraud, waste, and abuse cases. Trusty Tip features Sonal's compliance recommendations for the first CBR of 2022 - the new CBR report...

Newsworthy Grab Bag, Trusty Tip for DMEPOS Orders, and Mark Twain's Spark 19.01.2022 15:53

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting by supporting it!! Sonal's 5th Season begins and Episode 3 features another new session, with a Newsworthy Grab Bag. Trusty Tip features Sonal's new series on Back to Basics with her compliance recommendations on the standard elements o...

Newsworthy OIG Work Plan for December 2021, Trusty Tip for Staying Current, and Tony Robbins' Spark 12.01.2022 36:56

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting by supporting it!! Sonal's 5th Season begins and Episode 2 features a Newsworthy update on the OIG Work Plan for December 2021. Trusty Tip features Sonal's new series on Back to Basics with her compliance recommendations on Staying Curr...

Newsworthy Interview with Attorney, Matt Lawhon, Trusty Tip for Who are the UPICs, and Gautama Buddha's Spark 05.01.2022 51:11

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting by supporting it!! Sonal's 5th Season begins and Episode 1 features a special Newsworthy guest, Attorney Matt Lawhon. He is an accomplished healthcare investigator who began his career by serving his local community as a police officer....

Newsworthy Month of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Cases, Trusty Tip for Protecting your Practice, and JFK's Spark 29.12.2021 24:39

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting by supporting it!! Sonal's 18th episode of Season 4 features Newsworthy updates for the month's fraud, waste, and abuse cases. Trusty Tip features Sonal's new series on Back to Basics with her compliance recommendations for Protecting y...

Newsworthy Interview with Jeanmarie Loria, Trusty Tip for Who are the RACs, and Oprah Winfrey's Spark 22.12.2021 52:20

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting by supporting it!! Sonal's 17th episode of Season 4 features a special Newsworthy guest, Jeanmarie Loria. She is the CEO and Managing Director of Advize Health, LLC and serves as a Top Female Business Owner in Florida. Trusty Tip featur...

Newsworthy Interview with Yesenia Servin, Trusty Tip for Medicare Coinsurance & Deductible, and Rumi's Spark 15.12.2021 41:51

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting by supporting it!! Sonal's 16th episode of Season 4 features a special Newsworthy guest, Yesenia Sevin. She is the founder of YS Credentialing, PLLC and serves as a subject matter expert on the credentialing and enrollment process. Trus...

Newsworthy OIG Work Plan for November 2021, Trusty Tip for Trusted Resources, and Thomas Aquinas' Spark 08.12.2021 29:40

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting by supporting it!! Sonal's 15th episode of Season 4 features a Newsworthy update on the OIG Work Plan for November 2021. Trusty Tip features Sonal's new series on Back to Basics with her compliance recommendations on Trusted Resources....

Newsworthy Interview with Christine Hall, Trusty Tip for DME Orders, and Ralph Waldo Emerson's Spark 01.12.2021 45:11

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting by supporting it!! Sonal's 14th episode of Season 4 features a special Newsworthy guest, Christine Hall. She is currently the CEO of Stirling Global Solutions, LLC and serves as the Education Officer for the Palm Beach, FL AAPC Chapter....

Newsworthy Month of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Cases from the OIG, Trusty Tip for Examples of Medicare Fraud, and Brené Brown's Spark 24.11.2021 27:52

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting by supporting it!! Sonal's 13th episode of Season 4 features Newsworthy updates for the month's fraud, waste, and abuse cases. Trusty Tip features Sonal's new series on Back to Basics with her compliance recommendations on Examples of M...

Newsworthy Interview with Ebony Etheridge, Trusty Tip on CPT®️ 2022 Manual, and Aristotle's Spark 17.11.2021 45:23

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting by supporting it!! Sonal's 12th episode of Season 4 features a special Newsworthy guest, Ebony Etheridge. She currently serves as a Coding and Compliance Analyst at Acevedo Consulting Incorporated. Trusty Tip features Sonal's new series on...

Newsworthy OIG Work Plan for October 2021, Trusty Tip for Effective Compliance Program, and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ Spark 10.11.2021 22:16

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting by supporting it!! Sonal's 11th episode of Season 4 features a Newsworthy update on the OIG Work Plan for October 2021. Trusty Tip features Sonal's new series on Back to Basics with her compliance recommendations for Effective Complianc...

Newsworthy Interview with Jordan Johnson, Trusty Tip on Documentation, and Ralph Waldo Emerson's Spark 03.11.2021 44:32

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting by supporting it!! Sonal's 10th episode of Season 4 features a special Newsworthy guest, Jordan Johnson. He currently serves as Chief Innovation Officer at Oncospark. He is a leading expert on innovative data utilization, as well as ope...

Newsworthy Month of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Cases from the OIG, Trusty Tip for Reading NCDs, and Desmond Tutu's Spark 27.10.2021 31:50

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting by supporting it!! Sonal's 8th episode of Season 4 features Newsworthy updates for the month's fraud, waste, and abuse cases. Trusty Tip features Sonal's new series on Back to Basics with her compliance recommendations for the importanc...

Newsworthy Interview with Kimberly Jolivette-Williams, Trusty Tip on Reading LCDs, and Anne Frank's Spark 20.10.2021 38:33

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting by supporting it!! Sonal's 8th episode of Season 4 features a special Newsworthy guest, Kimberly Jolivette-Williams. She serves as Coding, Billing, and Compliance Team Lead at Texas Health Physicians Group and is the JMCI Founder. Trust...

Newsworthy OIG Work Plan for September 2021, Trusty Tip on Breast Biopsies (PNB), and Brené Brown's Spark 13.10.2021 18:35

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting by supporting it!! Sonal's 7th episode of Season 4 features a Newsworthy update on the OIG Work Plan for September 2021 (and a bonus Newsworthy on CPT® codes for pediatric Covid19 vaccine, pending FDA clearance). Trusty Tip features Son...

Newsworthy Interview with Shelly Asbury, Trusty Tip on Breast Biopsies (FNA), and Maya Angelou's Spark 06.10.2021 38:13

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting by supporting it!! Sonal's 6th episode of Season 4 features Associate Consultant at Acevedo Consulting Incorporated and Newsworthy special guest, Shelly Asbury. Trusty Tip features Sonal's new series on Back to Basics with her complianc...

Newsworthy Month of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Cases from the OIG, Trusty Tip on Modifier -59, and Eleanor Roosevelt's Spark 29.09.2021 39:56

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting by supporting it!! Sonal's 5th episode of Season 4 features Newsworthy updates for the month's fraud, waste, and abuse cases. Trusty Tip features Sonal's new series on Back to Basics with her compliance recommendations and Top 10 Facts...

Newsworthy CPT® Code Changes for 2022, Trusty Tip on NCCI Manual, and Albert Schweitzer's Spark 22.09.2021 21:09

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting!! Sonal's 4th episode of Season 4 features a Newsworthy update on new CPT® codes for 2022. Trusty Tip features Sonal's new series on Back to Basics with her compliance recommendations to dive deeper into the NCCI Manual. Spark inspires...

Newsworthy ICD10CM Guideline Additions for FY 2022, Trusty Tip for CPT Appendices, and Edith Wharton's Spark 15.09.2021 30:46

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting!! Sonal's 3rd episode of Season 4 features a Newsworthy update on ICD10CM guideline additions for FY 2022. Trusty Tip features Sonal's new series on Back to Basics with her compliance recommendations to dive deeper into CPT Appendices....

Newsworthy OIG Work Plan for August 2021, Trusty Tip for Signature Requirements, and Anaïs Nin's Spark 08.09.2021 38:26

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting!! Sonal's 2nd episode of Season 4 features a Newsworthy update on the OIG Work Plan for August 2021. Trusty Tip features Sonal's new series on Back to Basics with her compliance recommendations on Signature Requirements.  Spark ins...

Newsworthy Telehealth Funding, Trusty Tip on CBR for Impact of the PHE on Telehealth, and Sir Francis Bacon's Spark 01.09.2021 22:30

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal kick off her 2nd year of podcasting!!  Sonal's 1st episode of Season 4 features a celebratory Newsworthy update for telehealth funding. Trusty Tip features Sonal's compliance recommendations for the new CBR report issued on the Impact of the PHE on Telehealth. Spark...

Newsworthy Month of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Cases from the OIG, Trusty Tip BONUS for Modifier -25, and Abraham Lincoln's Spark 25.08.2021 32:31

Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM. Help Sonal celebrate her 1 year anniversary - this is her 52nd episode!! Sonal's final episode of Season 3 features Newsworthy updates for the month's fraud, waste, and abuse cases. Trusty Tip features Sonal's BONUS compliance recommendations for Modifier -25. Spark inspires us all...