by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 13, 2016 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Medical Coding Education, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
CDC Updates Flu Shot Recommendations for 2016-2017 Flu Season A few things are new this season: Only injectable flu shots are recommended for use this season. Flu vaccines have been updated to better match circulating viruses. There will be some new...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jun 7, 2016 | Collections, Billing & Coding, General, Innovation, Medicare & Reimbursement
Setting up new practices and healthcare businesses gives me the opportunity to meet some very creative and dedicated people. An exceptional case in point – Elizabeth Blanchard-Hills, the founder of CareConnext. She and I met several years ago while she was...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 5, 2016 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Headlines, Starting a New Practice
Durham, North Carolina and Falmouth, Maine: Today, Manage My Practice, LLC, a full-service consulting firm specializing in services to solo and small medical practices and The Billing Department, Inc., a company that provides revenue cycle management services to...
by Abraham Whaley | Mar 9, 2016 | Amazing Customer Service, Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Finance, Medicare & Reimbursement
The advance beneficiary notice (ABN) is a powerful tool for practices to educate patients about their benefits and responsibilities for Medicare non-covered services. Many of our readers still write us to ask questions about the form and the correct way to use it in...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Dec 10, 2015 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance
The 300 new, deleted, revised, and converted CPT codes for 2016 are here and you will need to make sure they are loaded in your billing and EMR system(s) on or before January 1, 2016. This is also a great time to upload the 2016 Medicare allowables for your locality...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 11, 2015 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Finance, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
Yesterday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the 2016 premiums and deductibles for the Medicare inpatient hospital (Part A) and physician and outpatient hospital services (Part B) programs. Part B Premiums/Deductibles As the Social...
