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Well, this has been an experience. This is a very, very small company. I resigned. On the spot. Being told to backdate ROCs (I refused). Trying to charge for items not used (I refused). Recerting pts. who merely need teaching (refused). And on & on. And the bullying! The weird phone calls. Really, nothing more than a bunch of common thugs. Gee, I'm so scared.

Thanks..I am so new since I've only worked in a hospital. No, I don't know that much about Medicare regulations. This place uses an external coder and I only know the first name. We have argued before. They seem to routinely pull from the old codes to max everything out. They were all bragging about how much money they were making, now they're pleading poverty and becoming very paranoid. Some bullying has started with me since I brought up this and several other issues. This has been extremely upsetting to me. And a real ruin to my resume.

I am new to home health, and I've got a question about coding techniques. Is it legal to code a diagnosis on patients when doing a recert for conditions that no longer exist? I'm having a few concerns about the agency that I'm with right now.