by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 19, 2010 | Medicare & Reimbursement, The Cohen Report (NCCI & RVUs)
From MMP’s friend Frank Cohen: I have completed my analysis of NCCI version 16.3, including an analysis of the changes from the last quarter release (version 16.2) to the current release. Here are my summary findings: Currently, for version 16.3, there are...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 6, 2010 | Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement, The Cohen Report (NCCI & RVUs)
Report by Frank Cohen Frank Cohen, MPA, MBB The Frank Cohen Group, LLC As many of you may already know, July 1, 2010 CMS released yet another RBRVS (Resource Based Relative Value Scale) data set that will be used to pay physicians under Medicare effective June 1,...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 23, 2010 | Medicare & Reimbursement, The Cohen Report (NCCI & RVUs)
Here’s a refresher from CMS on NCCI for those of us experiencing acronym-exhaustion: The CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) developed the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) to promote national correct coding methodologies and to control...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 13, 2009 | Medicare & Reimbursement, The Cohen Report (NCCI & RVUs)
For those of you who have not tapped into the amazing wealth of information generously shared by Frank Cohen, go to his site now and see what he has that could help you. Most recently Frank analyzed the October 2009 NCCI Edits Release 15.3 and organized the...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Feb 1, 2009 | Medicare & Reimbursement, The Cohen Report (NCCI & RVUs)
I was intrigued to interview the man behind the upcoming free webinar “Lean Six Sigma for the Medical Practice.” Frank Cohen, former Physician Assistant, Hospital CEO, and Consultant of 20 years is the Senior Analyst of MIT Solutions, Inc., and the host...
