by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 19, 2009 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Medicare & Reimbursement
There’s a new ABN form required to be in use in January 2012 – read about it here in my article “Everybody’s Favorite Form: New Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) Form Begins in 2012” Note from Mary Pat: The Advance Beneficiary...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 16, 2009 | Day-to-Day Operations, Medicare & Reimbursement
At last, here is what all the shouting’s about! A new website and a new book all in one day. Just for kicks, I interviewed myself about these changes. Q: Mary Pat, why all the changes all at once? A: I didn’t start out to publish a book and redo my...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 12, 2009 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Medicare & Reimbursement
From the Introduction: It has never been more urgent or more difficult to collect patient-responsible balances. The combination of high-deductible health insurance plans increasing in popularity and the massive loss of medical benefits creates a pressing need for...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 1, 2009 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Finance, Medicare & Reimbursement
I took last week off to complete a project I’ve been working on since early this year – my first book! It’s really a workbook and it guides the reader through a program to move their practice from a back-end collection process to a front-end...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 14, 2009 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, Finance, Innovation, Medicare & Reimbursement
I invited readers of MMP, colleagues on LinkedIn, and Tweeps (friends on Twitter) to comment on my post “101 ideas for Increasing Revenue and Decreasing Expenses.” I’ve listed their ideas below and hope you’ll chime in on the comments with even...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 13, 2009 | Medicare & Reimbursement, The Cohen Report (NCCI & RVUs)
For those of you who have not tapped into the amazing wealth of information generously shared by Frank Cohen, go to his site now and see what he has that could help you. Most recently Frank analyzed the October 2009 NCCI Edits Release 15.3 and organized the...
