by Mary Pat Whaley | May 19, 2015 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Electronic Medical Records, Medicare & Reimbursement
Can Physicians Get Paid for Chronic Care Management? Everyone was very excited when Medicare announced its policy to start paying in 2015 for Chronic Care Management (CCM) services – non face-to-face services that physicians have been providing to their...
by Mary Pat Whaley | May 12, 2015 | Finance, Medicare & Reimbursement
Medicare distinguishes between authorized officials and delegated officials on their enrollment forms and many people wonder what the difference is. Authorized Official Definition An authorized official means an appointed official (i.e. chief executive officer, chief...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 20, 2015 | Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
Hospital Compare is a consumer-oriented website that provides information on how well hospitals provide care to their patients. It allows consumers to select multiple hospitals and directly compare performance measure information related to heart attack, heart...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 13, 2015 | Compliance, Electronic Medical Records, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
Last week, CMS published a new proposed rule for Meaningful (MU). This rule strives to “…align Meaningful Use (MU) Stage 1 and Stage 2 objectives and measures with the long-term proposals for Stage...
by Abraham Whaley | Jul 29, 2013 | Amazing Customer Service, Headlines, Leadership, Medicare & Reimbursement, Practice Marketing, Social Media
I came across this video from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and thought “This is exactly the kind of content medical practices can use for their website and social media content.” In this seven-minute video, the “YouToons” learn how the...
by Abraham Whaley | Jul 28, 2013 | 12 Ways to Supercharge Your Practice, Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Finance, Innovation, Medicare & Reimbursement
It’s always a fantastic feeling when other people speak on behalf on your products or services, so we were thrilled to see a very nice comment on a recent article at Physician’s Practice “Patient Balances: Get Them or Get Ready to Close Your...
