by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 21, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) just announced that the Quality Reporting Communication Support Page (where you go to apply for one of the four hardship exemptions from the 2013 1.5% Medicare payment reduction) will re-open November 1, 2012...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 17, 2012 | Human Resources, Leadership
Sometimes a job just gets a little old, and even the best employees need a little something to get them re-engaged and excited again. Try one of the ideas below at your practice and let me know in the comments the ways you keep your staff energized and engaged! 1....
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 8, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records, Innovation, Learn This: Technology Answers
Since first hitting the market in January 2010, the iPad and its successors have been somewhat of an anomaly in healthcare technology. Outside of cutting edge clinical treatments, the healthcare industry normally lags behind other sectors in adopting new technology....
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 7, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
The 2013 Work Plan for the OIG has been released and here are some of the top items that relate to medical practices. This is a great list to use for review and discussion – Is your medical practice...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 30, 2012 | Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
Medicare pricing for flu vaccines were released September 28th and appear below for all HCPCS codes which were published with fees. For more information on billing for these vaccines, see our post here. NEW for 2012-2013! 90653 – Influenza virus vaccine, inactivated,...
