by Mary Pat Whaley | Feb 24, 2013 | Headlines
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule Friday, February 22nd that implements five key consumer protections from the Affordable Care Act, and makes “the health insurance market work better for individuals, families, and small...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 15, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, Finance, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
Changes in health-care policy, new regulations, financial incentives and penalties have a direct effect on all healthcare organizations. As we round the corner towards 2013, take a few minutes to create an agenda of Medicare Incentive Programs and a few management...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 5, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations
Health care law offers free preventive services to 47 million women. Forty-seven million women are getting greater control over their health care and access to eight new prevention-related health care services without paying more out of their own pocket beginning Aug....
by Abraham Whaley | Jun 28, 2012 | Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
Per the excellent live coverage at SCOTUSBlog of the Supreme Court’s decision in the constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act, The bottom line: the entire ACA is upheld, with the exception that the federal government’s power to terminate...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 16, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Electronic Medical Records, Finance, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
(Website) CMS.gov Website Upgrade Completed-Check your Bookmarks (jump to story) — (PQRS & eRx) National Provider Call: Physician Quality Reporting System & eRx 2011 10-Month Feedback Report – Register Now (jump to story) — (5010) National...