by Mary Pat Whaley | Dec 4, 2011 | Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
I haven’t written much about the impending 29% Medicare physician payment cut. This threatened cut has happened every year for the past 10 years. Every year at the last second, Washington is convinced that if cuts take place, physicians really will stop seeing...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 17, 2011 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
CMS Announces 90-Day Period of Enforcement Discretion for Compliance with New HIPAA Transaction Standards Today the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of E-Health Standards and Services (OESS) announced that it would not initiate enforcement action...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 8, 2011 | Electronic Medical Records, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
UPDATE: CMS has announced a second window for applying for the 2013 hardship exemption from 11/1/2012 through 1/31/2013. Click Here for more info. UPDATE: CMS has released information for applying for the 2013 hardship exemption. Check out our “Medicare This...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 4, 2011 | Electronic Medical Records, Headlines
The death of Google’s Personal Health Record (PHR) should be a wake up call to everyone about electronic medical records (EMR) – it’s not a walk in the park! Granted, the fact that EMR is very complex software is not the only reason Google...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 10, 2011 | Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
Hospital Wage Index Reform Call Special Open Door Forum: Presentation and Listening Session on Hospital Wage Index Reform Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET. Section 3137(b) of the Affordable Care Act requires CMS to submit to Congress, by December 31,...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 6, 2011 | Compliance, Finance, Headlines, Leadership
Fiduciary: a duty (from Latin fiduciarius, meaning “(holding) in trust”; from fides, meaning “faith”, and fiducia, meaning “trust”) is a legal or ethical relationship of confidence or trust regarding the management of money. Over...
