by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 19, 2012 | Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, Finance, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
This Week’s Medicare News for Medical Practice Managers Vice Chair Gingrey (R-GA) “Confident” of SGR Fix Passing in Lame Duck Congress Session (jump to story) CMS Releases Stage 2 Meaningful Use Specification Sheets with Details on Each Measure ...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Dec 9, 2010 | Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
Two milestone Acts were approved by Congress this week and both will be presented to President Obama for his signature shortly. What he will be signing: The “Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010” This legislation freezes Medicare physician payments...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 24, 2010 | A Career in Practice Management, Day-to-Day Operations
All available appointments are full. All staff showed up for their shifts. No one burns toast in the toaster oven and sets off the fire alarm. None of the staff show up to work wearing flip-flops or pink underwear beneath their white scrubs. All patients have been...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jun 16, 2010 | Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
UPDATE: On June 25, 2010, President Obama signed into law the “Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010 (H.R. 3962)” which includes a delay in the 21+% Medicare fee cut until November 30, 2010. CMS will have...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 22, 2010 | Finance, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement, Memes
As I write this Sunday night I am listening to the US House of Representatives’ discussion/posturing prior to a ‘yes” or “no” vote for the Senate’s healthcare reform bill H. R. 3590. I don’t usually listen to CNN Live, but I...
