by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 31, 2011 | Electronic Medical Records, Medicare & Reimbursement
CMS announced today that four additional significant hardship exemptions will allow physicians to be exempt from the 2012 Medicare payment reduction of 1%. Exemptions will be granted to: Eligible professionals who register to participate in the Medicare or...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 30, 2011 | Compliance, Finance, Human Resources
As we have previously reported, the Department of Labor is taking important steps in the fight against excessive fees in the retirement plan space. Some service providers in the retirement plan industry are opposed to these regulations, claiming they are unnecessarily...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 28, 2011 | Medicare & Reimbursement
Last week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new initiative to help improve care for patients while they are in the hospital and after they are discharged. Doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers can now apply to participate...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 24, 2011 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Finance, Innovation
In a traditional healthcare setting, the revenue cycle begins with the insurance companies who pay the majority of the bill. There are multitudes of payers and each payer can have many plans. How can a healthcare organization catalog this information, keep this...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 23, 2011 | Medicare & Reimbursement
The US Office of Management and Budget recently approved changes to the Medicare Provider-Supplier Enrollment Applications (CMS-855) in order to update them from the 2008 versions, as well as the new CMS-855O application form used for the sole purpose of enrolling to...
