by Abraham Whaley | May 1, 2013 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, Finance, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement, Quality
NOTE: CMS has just added additional presentations of the webinar below – please check the end of the article for added dates. MPW What is PQRS? The Physician Quality Reporting System (Physician Quality Reporting or PQRS) is a CMS reporting program...
by Abraham Whaley | Apr 2, 2013 | Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Headlines, Innovation
At Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, doctors are saving time and sharing ideas using Box, a file-sharing and collaboration software that lets providers browse available medical documents and communicate with each other about...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Feb 20, 2013 | Amazing Customer Service, Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
When I come across a product or a service that I think is interesting, I want to write about it. When I connected recently with VibrantUSA, I found a service I never knew existed – an insurance broker specializing in Medicare plans! Here’s my interview...
by Abraham Whaley | Feb 19, 2013 | A Career in Practice Management, Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Finance, Medical Coding Education, Medicare & Reimbursement
You spoke and we listened – you asked for a comprehensive course on Revenue Cycle Management and we brought it to you! This series is for anyone who wants to understand the medical practice revenue cycle from the very beginning to the very end: physicians,...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Feb 17, 2013 | Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, Headlines, Medicare This Week
Mary Pat: Your business is called “Health Security Solutions.” People often confuse privacy with security. Can you clear up the confusion for us? Steve: The Privacy rules refer to the broad requirements to protect the confidentiality of Protected Health...
by Abraham Whaley | Feb 13, 2013 | Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Headlines, Leadership, Practice Marketing, Quality
On Friday, February 1st, The Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released their final regulations on the Physician Payment Sunshine Act that was passed as a part of Heathcare Reform in 2010. The PPSA or “Sunshine Act” mandates that any...
