by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 21, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) just announced that the Quality Reporting Communication Support Page (where you go to apply for one of the four hardship exemptions from the 2013 1.5% Medicare payment reduction) will re-open November 1, 2012...
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 Abraham Whaley | Jul 16, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records, Innovation
The most exciting thing for me about being in healthcare today is the contrast between steep challenges the industry faces on so many fronts – and the vast potential offered by biological and information technology. We do have some dragons to slay, but we also...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 9, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week, Quality
On July 6, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would increase payments to family physicians by approximately 7 percent and other practitioners providing primary care services between 3 and 5 percent. The increase in payment...
by Abraham Whaley | Jun 22, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Electronic Medical Records, General, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
Only 8 Days Left to Apply for a 2013 ePrescribing Exemption: Will You Face a 1.5% Adjustment? (jump to story) Register Now: CMS National Provider Call on Certified EHR Technology (jump to story) Two New CME Modules on Medscape: Fraud and Abuse (jump to story) If You...
