by Mary Pat Whaley | May 30, 2010 | Electronic Medical Records, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
Note: read my latest post on getting the EHR Incentives here. Medicare Definition of Eligible Provider (EP) For Medicare, physicians and some hospitals are eligible providers. “Physicians” includes doctors of medicine (MD) or osteopathy (DO), dentists or...
by Mary Pat Whaley | May 20, 2010 | Medicare & Reimbursement
UPDATE: On June 24, 2010 the House and Senate passed legislation to further delay the Medicare cuts until November 30, 2010. More here. ***** Article by David Glendinning at amednews.com here.
by Mary Pat Whaley | May 19, 2010 | Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement, PECOS
CMS held a two-hour Open Door Forum today and there was so much good information shared that I thought I’d pass my notes from the call along to you. New EFT Form The revised EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) authorization form 588 is available here (pdf.) The old...
by Mary Pat Whaley | May 17, 2010 | Medicare & Reimbursement, PECOS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold a Special Open Door Forum (ODF) to discuss Medicare provider enrollment issues. During this call, CMS staff will discuss: The May 5, 2010 provider enrollment regulation titled, “Medicare and...
by Mary Pat Whaley | May 5, 2010 | Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement, PECOS
NOTE: The date has been changed to July 5, 2011. delayed indefinitely. ************************************************************************************ Physicians and “eligible” providers received a jolt today in the May 5, 2010 Federal Register as the...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 28, 2010 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Medicare & Reimbursement
I am very pleased to be the speaker for a free webinar sponsored by Integrated Healthcare Systems. The webinar will be on one of my favorite topics – front-end patient collections – and will air live on Tuesday, May 11th, at 2:30 Eastern time. Topics I...
