by Abraham Whaley | Jul 30, 2012 | Compliance, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
At a press conference last Thursday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder announced the creation of a “Public-Private Partnership” to prevent healthcare fraud. The voluntary partnership between federal...
by Abraham Whaley | Jun 28, 2012 | Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
Per the excellent live coverage at SCOTUSBlog of the Supreme Court’s decision in the constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act, The bottom line: the entire ACA is upheld, with the exception that the federal government’s power to terminate...
by Abraham Whaley | Jun 8, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, Finance, General, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
Starting July 1, 2012, Medicare Fee For Service Will Reject 4010 Transactions: Are You Ready? plus How to Avoid Common 5010 Rejections (jump to story) Are You Facing a 1.5% Medicare ePrescribing Payment Adjustment in 2013? Find Out If You Qualify For a Hardship...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 29, 2012 | Finance, Headlines, Memes
“Physicians are reaching the tipping point on their business models, particularly in primary care,” Tom Blue, executive director of the American Academy of Private Physicians, recently told the San Antonio News-Express in an article about concierge and...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 18, 2012 | Compliance, Headlines, Learn This: Technology Answers, Medicare & Reimbursement
Phoenix Cardiac Surgery probably never thought they would be a poster child for HIPAA safeguards, but this 5-physician cardiothoracic practice in Prescott, Arizona has become famous for something no medical practice wants to be famous for – not protecting their...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 1, 2012 | Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week, PECOS
(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...
