by Mary Pat Whaley | Jan 18, 2011 | Medicare & Reimbursement
Elimination of Deductible and Coinsurance for Most Preventive Services Effective January 1, 2011, the Affordable Care Act waives the Part B deductible and the 20 percent coinsurance that would otherwise apply to most preventive services. Note: I covered this in my...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 29, 2010 | Medicare & Reimbursement, PECOS
NOTE: The date has been changed to July 5, 2011 delayed indefinitely. ************************************************************************************ The following statement was released by CMS on November 26, 2010: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 28, 2010 | Medicare & Reimbursement, The Cohen Report (NCCI & RVUs)
NOTE: If you need the basics on RACs, click here for my article. From our friend Frank Cohen: Over the past year or so, I have been involved in conducting post RAC (and other) audit analyses to determine whether the RAC (or other auditing agency) was using...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 15, 2010 | Finance, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
Please call the AMA Grassroots Hotline, and have everyone in your office/department/building/campus call the Hotline on Wednesday, November 17th (White Coat Wednesday) and every day thereafter until November 30th to insist that Congress vote for the 13-month patch to...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 14, 2010 | Electronic Medical Records, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
Steps to digging under the meaning of EMR certification: Click to see the most recent alphabetical list (by product name not company) of all products certified here. Find the company or companies you are using or are considering using. Check that the exact name...
