by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 20, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Medicare & Reimbursement
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...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 15, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Medicare & Reimbursement
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...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 4, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Electronic Medical Records, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week, PECOS
(5010) Important Update Regarding HIPAA Version 5010/D.0 Implementation (jump to story) (Affordable Care Act) Statement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the Blunt Amendment (jump to story) (PECOS) Were You Sent a Request to Revalidate Your Medicare Enrollment?...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Feb 26, 2012 | Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
Two recent Medicare announcements made a sound in healthcare, one a roar and the other, barely a sigh. Medicare Physician Pay Cut Delayed to 2013 First, the sigh. The Medicare physician payment cut has been delayed until the end of the 2012, but the last-minute...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Feb 16, 2012 | Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
As part of President Obama’s commitment to reducing regulatory burden, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen G Sebelius today announced that HHS will initiate a process to postpone the date by which certain health care entities have to comply with International...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Feb 12, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
(PQRS) AM News Reports 2012 Last Year for Physicians to Voluntarily Report Quality Data (jump to story) (PQRS & eRX) National Provider Call: Claims-Based Reporting for the Physician Quality Reporting System & Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program (jump to...
