by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 20, 2012 | Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
CMS sponsored a conference call last week to make sure that Part B providers are aware of new services payable by Medicare. These services were in effect late in 2011, but most providers are not aware of their existence. Is your practice using these new Medicare...
by Abraham Whaley | Aug 14, 2012 | Day-to-Day Operations, Medicare & Reimbursement, The Manager's Minute (Video)
Check out the latest Manager’s Minute from Manage My Practice! In Episode #6, Mary Pat explains how to do a Daily Reconciliation of your practice’s charges and payments. And click below to download our free Daily Reconciliation form!
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 14, 2012 | Day-to-Day Operations, Medicare & Reimbursement
9/29/2012 Medicare pricing just released for flu shots – see pricing added to the codes below. ————————— Download this excellent 2012 – 2013 grid that shows vaccines by name and the appropriate codes!...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 8, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Medicare & Reimbursement
Medicare Fee-For-Service Recovery Auditor Prepayment Review Demonstration Thursday, August 9, 2012 2:00PM – 4:00PM ET Conference Call Only The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold a Special Open Door Forum (ODF) to discuss the recently approved...
by Abraham Whaley | Jul 30, 2012 | Compliance, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
At a press conference last Thursday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder announced the creation of a “Public-Private Partnership” to prevent healthcare fraud. The voluntary partnership between federal...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 29, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Electronic Medical Records, Medicare & Reimbursement
The proposed, but not finalized, deadline for ICD-10 is October 2014. Most coding experts recommend training staff 6 months before the deadline. What’s a practice to do with the other 18 months? Who chooses the ICD-9s in your practice today? There are many...
