by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 18, 2010 | Medicare & Reimbursement, Social Media
I am fortunate to be serving on the North Carolina MGMA Medicare Committee this year. When we met yesterday, the members were asked why we wanted to be on the committee. I said I couldn’t believe any practice manager wouldn’t want to be on the Medicare...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 15, 2010 | Day-to-Day Operations, Medicare & Reimbursement
Editor’s Note: DataPlus is MMP’s very first sponsor and I want to thank Frank and his crew for their support! If you would like to sponsor this blog and have over 10,000 readers a month see your flash ad, contact me via email at marypatwhaley@gmail.com....
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 12, 2010 | Definitions
Safety net hospitals are defined as providing a “disproportionate share of services to Medicaid and uninsured patients.”
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 10, 2010 | Electronic Medical Records, Medicare & Reimbursement
A updated post on record retention with a simple record retention schedule can be found here. State laws generally govern how long medical records are to be retained. However, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 administrative...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 10, 2010 | Definitions
350 is the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide””measured in “Parts Per Million” in our atmosphere. 350 PPM””it’s the number humanity needs to get back to as soon as possible to avoid runaway climate change....
