Aspen Consulting Group, Ltd. uses nationally recognized resources, such as annual editions of current procedural terminology, to assist us in establishing a proper "control environment" in your practice. We assist you with formulating coding policies and procedures, education of the practices' personnel, and institution of management controls for proper monitoring.

An inherent benefit of proper coding includes increased compliance with current fraud and abuse issues, which establishes a basis of liability management for the practice. Proper coding, inclusive of modifiers and the filing of "clean claims," is also the foundation of a correctly managed accounts receivable and cost accounting system. The following diagram exemplifies how correct coding is part of an appropriately managed practice:

Coding starts with the caregiver and is the basis to what we term a proper "control environment." The control environment is the ethical and moral atmosphere that management has established for the practice. We work with practices to utilize correct coding thereby improving the control environment, decreasing legal liability for fraudulent claim processing, and increasing the validity of data used for management of the practice.