Coding and Documenting Sexual Harassment

In the era of #metoo, a new national study – “Sexual Harassment of Physicians Report 2018” – was published this week by Medscape, reporting that more than 10 percent of female physicians have experienced workplace sexual harassment. 

Continuing its reporting on women’s health issues, and in particular gender wage disparity, Talk Ten Tuesdays will delve into this topical social issue that has until recently been an underreported in healthcare.

Also weighing in on this matter is special guest Kimberly Templeton, MD, immediate past president of the American Medical Women’s Association and professor of orthopedic surgery at the University Kansas Medical Center. 

Other segments to be featured on the broadcast include:

• News Desk: Larry Field, DO, anchors the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk with the his experiences with harassment in the workplace. Field is the treasurer of the American College of Physician Advisors.

• CDI Report: Adele Towers, MD, associate professor of medicine and psychiatry and senior clinical advisor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, returns after a long absence with the Talk Ten Tuesday CDI report.
  
  
• Coding Report: Laurie Johnson, senior healthcare consultant for Revenue Cycle Solutions LLC and an ICD10monitor contributor, reports on coding and documenting sexual harassment.

• TalkBack: Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host Erica Remer, MD, FACEP, CCDS, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc., will return to the broadcast with her popular TalkBack segment.

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