by Mary Pat Whaley | Feb 20, 2011 | Electronic Medical Records, Medicare & Reimbursement
Should I consider ePrescribing in 2011 if I’m not ready to install an EMR? In 2012 eligible professionals who are not successful eprescribers, based on claims submitted between January 1, 2011 ”“ June 30, 2011, may be subject to a “payment...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Feb 13, 2011 | Compliance, Medicare & Reimbursement, Physician Relations
“Publications For Your Medicare Beneficiaries” New! The Medicare Learning Network® (MLN) has released a new product titled “Publications For Your Medicare Beneficiaries.” This factsheet lists a variety of beneficiary-related publications available to assist...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Feb 8, 2011 | Innovation, Memes, Social Media
Here’s a fascinating video on how the Internet is transforming healthcare. Susannah Fox from the Pew Internet and American Life Project spoke in September 2010 at Mayo Transform 2010 : Thinking Differently About Health Care. The transcript of her talk is here....
by Mary Pat Whaley | Feb 6, 2011 | Day-to-Day Operations, Physician Relations
Patients want to know why they can’t get a return call from their doctor’s office – here are six reasons why the calls have increased and physician offices are having trouble meeting the needs of their patients. Medication questions and requests for...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Feb 2, 2011 | Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations
CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of ’88) is the basic set of regulations governing all laboratories that test human specimens (with rare exceptions). It is the minimum standard for labs. CLIA has given “deemed status” to several other agencies...