Monitor Mondays

The subject of total knee replacement (TKR) continues to reverberate. In this edition of Monitor Monday, Lori O’Hara, the lead of the ADR, appeals and clinical review team for Ensign Services, a provider of skilled nursing and assisted living services, will offer the perspective of a long-term care provider. Her position is that a TKR patient either needs medical oversight or they do not. The question of the proper environment, O’Hara answered by finding where the patient’s medical and functional presentation intersects the lowest level of safe care. The broadcast rundown also will include: E&M Services: Shannon DeConda, founder and president of the National Alliance of Medical Auditing Specialists (NAMAS), reports on E&M levels four and five. Monday Newsmakers: Tim Brundage, MD, medical director at the Brundage Group, reported live from the ACDIS convention taking place in San Antonio, Texas. Hot Topics: Monitor Mondays senior correspondent Nancy Beckley, pre