A bundled payment is a single, standardized comprehensive payment that covers all services provided to a patient during an episode of care for a procedure or an acute or chronic condition.
Bundled Payments/Episodic Payments
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Bending the Curve
Healthcare cost trends in the United States are two to three times greater than inflation and are therefore unsustainable. This popular phrase describes current efforts to promote health and wellbeing as well as a more effective and efficient healthcare delivery...
Access to Health Services
A person’s or population’s ability to engage in healthcare services and coverage, which are a) geographically proximate, b) physically accessible (for people with limited mobility), c) temporally (timing) appropriate d) socioculturally consistent, and e) without...
The Medicare News You Can Use This Week: eRx Exemptions for 2012 and 2013, Billing Education, and eSignatures
(PECOS) You Can Now Sign Your Medicare Enrollment Application Electronically (jump to story) (PPACA) New CME Module on CMS Healthcare Delivery Reform Available on Medscape (jump to story) (Release of Information) Authorization to Disclose Information to...
The PPACA Supreme Court Challenge: What Every Practice Manager Should Know
The PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) reforms that were passed almost two years ago have been contested in court almost from the moment President Obama finished signing the bill. Several constitutional...
12 Ways to Supercharge your Practice in 2012: #6 Use Remote Employees or Contractors
If you can't find the right part-time or full-time employees, maybe you're not looking in the right places. One of the great things about business today is that a portion of your workforce an be anywhere. Your best employees may not live in your town, your state or...
CMS Presents Two Calls and a Webinar: EHR Incentives, IPPE & Annual Wellness Visit
Thursday, March 22 - Webinar: Introduction and Overview of the EHR Incentive Programs Wednesday, March 28 - Provider Call on Medicare Initial Preventive Physical Exam and Annual Wellness Visit Thursday, March 29 - National Provider Call: Medicare & Medicaid EHR...
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Global Surgical Package: Coding and Billing for the GSP
If you do the professional fee (pro-fee) coding or billing for surgeries, you know that the rules surrounding the Global Surgical Package (GSP) are many and can be complex. CMS just published a new fact sheet on the GSP and it's a great recap for coders and billers....
CMS Extends Delay for 5010 Enforcement to June 30, 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of E-Health Standards and Services (OESS) is announcing that it will not initiate enforcement action for an additional three (3) months, through June 30, 2012, against any covered entity that is required to...
Why You Must Have Someone in Your Office Who Can Discuss the Patient’s Account (with the Patient)
I recently had an experience at my doctor's office where I had a problem with my account. Actually, I had been questioning why I hadn't gotten a refund for 2 months but was told both times I was in the office by the receptionist that she would "send a...
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