by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 19, 2010 | Medicare & Reimbursement, The Cohen Report (NCCI & RVUs)
From MMP’s friend Frank Cohen: I have completed my analysis of NCCI version 16.3, including an analysis of the changes from the last quarter release (version 16.2) to the current release. Here are my summary findings: Currently, for version 16.3, there are...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 1, 2010 | Medicare & Reimbursement
The CLIA regulations require a facility to be appropriately certified for each test performed. To ensure that the Medicare and Medicaid programs only pay for laboratory tests categorized as waived complexity under CLIA in facilities with a CLIA certificate of waiver,...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 22, 2010 | Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
The Center for Healthcare Transformation may not be my organization of choice, but they’ve put together an excellent timeline of the PPAC (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act), also called the ACA or Affordable Care Act. The timeline shows what’s...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 18, 2010 | Medicare & Reimbursement, Social Media
I am fortunate to be serving on the North Carolina MGMA Medicare Committee this year. When we met yesterday, the members were asked why we wanted to be on the committee. I said I couldn’t believe any practice manager wouldn’t want to be on the Medicare...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 15, 2010 | Day-to-Day Operations, Medicare & Reimbursement
Editor’s Note: DataPlus is MMP’s very first sponsor and I want to thank Frank and his crew for their support! If you would like to sponsor this blog and have over 10,000 readers a month see your flash ad, contact me via email at marypatwhaley@gmail.com....
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 10, 2010 | Electronic Medical Records, Medicare & Reimbursement
A updated post on record retention with a simple record retention schedule can be found here. State laws generally govern how long medical records are to be retained. However, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 administrative...
