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 | 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...
by Abraham Whaley | Aug 26, 2015 | Innovation, Medicare & Reimbursement, Practice Marketing
We introduced readers to HiTech-Doctors several years ago before the telemedicine boom really hit. Today, many physicians are thinking seriously about telemedicine and how adding it to their practices could meet patient...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 30, 2015 | Headlines, ICD-10, Medical Coding Education, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
Clarifying Questions and Answers Related to the July 6, 2015 CMS/AMA Joint Announcement and Guidance Regarding ICD-10 Flexibilities Question 1: When will the ICD-10 Ombudsman be in place? Answer 1: The Ombudsman will be in place by October 1, 2015. Question 2: Does...
by Abraham Whaley | Jul 16, 2015 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, Headlines, ICD-10, Medicare & Reimbursement
October 1, 2015 is a date that looms large for everyone involved in the operational and financial functions of any medical practice. At the time of this post’s publishing, practice administrators, managers, billers and coders have less than three...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 14, 2015 | Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
UPDATED INFO: These recorded webinars are now available here. ————————— On July 9, 2015 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CCJR) model, a...
