by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 7, 2012 | General
We have talked about acquiring hematology analyzers and chemistry analyzers; now on to the subject of immunochemistry analyzers. Immunochemistry analyzers analyze substances using technology sensitive enough to measure very small quantities accurately. They do this...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 4, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance
The collection agency industry is highly regulated and there are numerous laws on the books designed to protect consumers, which make it more difficult to collect. While it costs agencies more to be legally compliant and hinders their collections efforts, not...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 30, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Medicare & Reimbursement
CMS Finds High Incidence of Improper Payments for Power Wheelchair Claims Based on the findings of the Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program reviews of power wheelchair claims, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) conducted a special study...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 28, 2012 | Day-to-Day Operations, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
Announcement from the CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with state and local health departments and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multi-state meningitis outbreak of fungal infections among patients who have received...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 22, 2012 | Human Resources, Leadership, Manage My Practice Classics
This post is one of our top ranking posts of all time. This tells me that people continue to struggle with the process of evaluating employee performance. The point of the “5 Questions” evaluation is not to underline that the employee is often tardy or...
