by Mary Pat Whaley | Jan 9, 2018 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Medicare & Reimbursement
One of the most popular topics I’ve written about over the past 10 years, and the one I get the most email on, is the ins and outs of using the Medicare Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage – the ABN – also known as form CMS-R-131. Why is...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jan 3, 2018 | A Career in Practice Management, Day-to-Day Operations
Excel (or any spreadsheet program, try OpenOffice if you don’t have Excel) should be the go-to tool for any medical practice manager who is tasked with data analysis. Examples of some of the data you should be analyzing in your practice: What are my net...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 25, 2017 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Medicare & Reimbursement
What’s new this flu season? The recommendation to not use the nasal spray flu vaccine (LAIV) was renewed for the 2017-2018 season. Only injectable flu shots are recommended for use again this season. CDC recommends use of the flu shot (inactivated influenza vaccine or...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 29, 2016 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Finance, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
2017 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles Announced The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the 2017 premiums for the Medicare inpatient hospital (Part A) and physician and outpatient hospital services (Part B) programs. Medicare...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 20, 2016 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Finance, Innovation
High Deductible Plans and CCOF Are Becoming Mainstream When we first starting teaching practices how to implement credit card on file (CCOF) in their practices in 2010, only a few practices had ever heard of it. Today, we get calls weekly from practices who need help...
