Emergency cash a must for ICD-10
Extra funds can go a long way to relieving anticipated headaches of code change Healthcare providers may face disruptions in their payments even if they are on target to operate…
CMS and AMA Announce Efforts to Help Providers Get Ready For ICD-10
July 6,2015 CMS and AMA Announce Efforts to Help Providers Get Ready For ICD-10 With less than three months remaining until the nation switches from ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding for…
How Doctors can really cut costs for medicare patients.
Follow the Real Money Physicians are eyeing the wrong procedures in the quest to cut costs for Medicare patients. By Mark Pauly May 15, 2015 | 4:15 p.m. EDT Physicians have,…
Supreme Court saves Obamacare
By Ariane de Vogue and Jeremy Diamond, CNN Washington (CNN) Obamacare has survived -- again. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court saved the controversial health care law that will…
HHS Inspector General Issues Physician Compensation Medicare Fraud Alert
HHS Inspector General Issues Physician Compensation Medicare Fraud Alert posted on: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”)…
CMS Releases Medicare Cost Data on Physicians. Now What?
Jacqueline Fellows, for HealthLeaders Media , June 4, 2015 Data limitations don't give an accurate picture of what Medicare reimbursement really means for physicians. But patients are increasingly aware of…
2015 Medicare Changes, How does it affect your practice?
2015 Medicare Changes From APTA - May 21,2015 Scroll down this page for info on topics including the Medicare fee schedule and therapy cap, SGR, PQRS, functional limitation reporting, and…
2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update
Medicare News -April 15, 2015 CMS Provider Education Message Attention Health Professionals: Information Regarding the 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule On April 1, 2015, the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS)…
$8 Billion Annual Savings Opportunity for U.S. Healthcare With Adoption of Electronic Business Transactions
2014 CAQH Index Shows Progress, Gaps in Switch from Manual to Electronic WASHINGTON, DC – Mar. 17, 2015 – U.S. healthcare could save $8 billion annually by transitioning six routine…
BILL HR4302 PASSES, ICD-10 IMPLEMENTATION DELAYED UNTIL OCT 1, 2015
On April 1, President Obama signed into law a bill to delay the planned ICD-10 implementation until Oct. 1, 2015. Specifically, the bill prohibits CMS from…