
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Two providers. Same patient type. Same clinical work. Same treatment. One gets paid. One gets reduced. The difference is almost never clinical. It is specificity.
In this episode, Dr. Spence opens with two versions of the same daily treatment note -- one general, one specific -- and shows exactly what the adjuster does with each one. He breaks down what actually belongs in a daily treatment note versus a re-exam, the five specificity standards that separate a note that holds up from one that hands the Empire the reduction argument, and where beyond the daily note general language kills case value.
Specificity is not a documentation preference. In the PI arena it is a legal standard. And this episode shows exactly what that standard looks like in a real clinical note.
What's covered:
Why general documentation is a reduction invitation -- and exactly how the adjuster uses it
What actually belongs in a daily treatment note versus a re-exam
The five specificity standards every PI treatment note needs
Where generality kills cases beyond the daily note -- the intake exam and the re-examination report
Why specificity is the clinical expression of a legal argument
Resources:
14-day full access trial of Next Gen Narrative + The PI Warrior Code free: crash101.com
By Dr. SpenceTwo providers. Same patient type. Same clinical work. Same treatment. One gets paid. One gets reduced. The difference is almost never clinical. It is specificity.
In this episode, Dr. Spence opens with two versions of the same daily treatment note -- one general, one specific -- and shows exactly what the adjuster does with each one. He breaks down what actually belongs in a daily treatment note versus a re-exam, the five specificity standards that separate a note that holds up from one that hands the Empire the reduction argument, and where beyond the daily note general language kills case value.
Specificity is not a documentation preference. In the PI arena it is a legal standard. And this episode shows exactly what that standard looks like in a real clinical note.
What's covered:
Why general documentation is a reduction invitation -- and exactly how the adjuster uses it
What actually belongs in a daily treatment note versus a re-exam
The five specificity standards every PI treatment note needs
Where generality kills cases beyond the daily note -- the intake exam and the re-examination report
Why specificity is the clinical expression of a legal argument
Resources:
14-day full access trial of Next Gen Narrative + The PI Warrior Code free: crash101.com