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My law practice and coding practice consists of representing chronic pain physicians, anesthesiologists, and orthopedists in billing and coding compliance matters. My firm audits thousands of claims filed by our clients each year.  I maintain the required Continuing Education Units (“CEUs”) required by the American Academy of Professional Coders (of which I am a member) each year, which is approximately 18 hours per year. I teach coding and compliance each year at a compliance seminar I put on for my clients, typically in New Orleans, which I have been doing for approximately 20 years.  I stay current on pain management and anesthesia CPT codes and modifiers, Medicare LCDs, NCDs, and various articles published by Medicare relating to pain management and anesthesia compliance.  I subscribe to various coding resources, such as the AMA KnowledgeBase, the AMA’s CPT Assistant, the AMA’s annual CPT Changes, An Insider’s View, and Decision Health’s Anesthesia and Pain Coder’s Pink Sheet.  I publish my own compliance articles on various pain management and anesthesia issues throughout the year which are disseminated to my clients.  I defend physicians investigated by the FBI, OIG, DOJ, Medicare, BCBS, Medicaid, and other payers related to billing and coding issues.