by Mary Pat Whaley | Jan 22, 2013 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Medical Coding Education, Medicare & Reimbursement
In 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) unveiled a new benefit to address the need for annual care for seniors. It was widely hailed as a wonderful thing for Medicare patients who previously had no preventive care unless they paid out-of-pocket for a...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 19, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance
Doug Palmer is a practice management, billing and coding and revenue cycle consultant with over 17 years of experience in the industry. He was nice enough to answer some questions for our readers about his experiences and where he sees coding going in the future....
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 7, 2011 | Compliance, Electronic Medical Records, Medicare & Reimbursement
The new winner of my ongoing competition for the CMS Employee Speaker contest is Dr. Daniel Duvall, Medical Officer, Hospital and Ambulatory Policy Group Center for Medicare! During a recent ICD-10 call, Dr. Duvall spoke clearly, was easy to understand and kept...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 5, 2011 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Physician Relations, The Cohen Report (NCCI & RVUs)
There is no one, and I do mean no one, in your medical practice who does not need to know the basics of coding. Here is why: Providing services to patients is the business of healthcare. Every person who relies on healthcare for their living should understand...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 4, 2011 | Electronic Medical Records, Headlines
The death of Google’s Personal Health Record (PHR) should be a wake up call to everyone about electronic medical records (EMR) – it’s not a walk in the park! Granted, the fact that EMR is very complex software is not the only reason Google...
