by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 19, 2010 | Day-to-Day Operations, Medicare & Reimbursement
When a payer or health plan calls your practice and requests records or requests an on-site visit to review charts, follow this guideline: Be professional at all times. Audits can be nerve-wracking and can be a drain on internal resources, but there is always...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 15, 2010 | Headlines, 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. ***** Close on the heels of an affirmative Senate vote, the House of Representatives approved HR 4851 (Continuing Extension Act of...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 14, 2010 | Medicare & Reimbursement, Memes, Social Media
Not on facebook yet? CMS is.
by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 28, 2010 | Finance, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement, Memes
HEALTHCARE BILL IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS AND RAGE A number of people asked me about the impact of health reform on them as individuals. Here is a great story from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that takes specific examples of individuals and families and speculates on...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 23, 2010 | Medicare & Reimbursement, The Cohen Report (NCCI & RVUs)
Here’s a refresher from CMS on NCCI for those of us experiencing acronym-exhaustion: The CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) developed the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) to promote national correct coding methodologies and to control...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 22, 2010 | Finance, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement, Memes
As I write this Sunday night I am listening to the US House of Representatives’ discussion/posturing prior to a ‘yes” or “no” vote for the Senate’s healthcare reform bill H. R. 3590. I don’t usually listen to CNN Live, but I...
