Exit this survey Effect of Medicare Audits Question Title * 1. Please indicate if you received requests for medical records for any of the following codes by entering the number of requests next to the code: 99213 99214 99215 99201 - 99205 99232 - 99233 99306 Other (Please specify code and number of requests) Question Title * 2. As a result of the audit(s), what percentage of your claims were downcoded? 0% 1-5% 6-10% 11-20% 21-30% 31-40% 41-50% more than 50% Question Title * 3. On average, how many levels were your claims downcoded? 1 level 2 levels Denied Other (please specify) Question Title * 4. Do you disagree with the downcoding and plan to appeal? Yes No Question Title * 5. Do you find the coding tools on Palmetto's website helpful? Yes No Have difficulty navigating the website Unaware of these tools Question Title * 6. Do you belive the Medicare audit letter(s) you received was:: Educational Threatening Punitive Question Title * 7. Please estimate the cost to your practice resulting from the audits in terms of staff and physician time spent on medical record retrieval and review, copying, delays in payment, appeals, etc. Less than $100 $100-$200 $201-$300 $301-$400 $401-500 More than $500 Other (please specify) Question Title * 8. What percentage of your total Medicare billings do the audit requests represent? Question Title * 9. What percentage of your practice is Medicare? Question Title * 10. Please answer the following: Specialty County of practice Question Title * 11. Please answer the following: Email address of individual completing survey Name of physician Name of person completing the survey Done