by Mary Pat Whaley | Dec 28, 2010 | Electronic Medical Records, Headlines
Note: see my latest post on registering and attesting for the EHR Incentive Program here. Registration opens on January 3, 2011 for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs Register as soon as possible after January 3, 2011. You can register before you have a...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 1, 2010 | Medicare & Reimbursement
The CLIA regulations require a facility to be appropriately certified for each test performed. To ensure that the Medicare and Medicaid programs only pay for laboratory tests categorized as waived complexity under CLIA in facilities with a CLIA certificate of waiver,...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 22, 2010 | Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
The Center for Healthcare Transformation may not be my organization of choice, but they’ve put together an excellent timeline of the PPAC (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act), also called the ACA or Affordable Care Act. The timeline shows what’s...
by Mary Pat Whaley | May 30, 2010 | Electronic Medical Records, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
Note: read my latest post on getting the EHR Incentives here. Medicare Definition of Eligible Provider (EP) For Medicare, physicians and some hospitals are eligible providers. “Physicians” includes doctors of medicine (MD) or osteopathy (DO), dentists or...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 31, 2010 | Electronic Medical Records
Everyone is waiting for the other shoe to drop on Medicare payments. Private practices may not have the in-house expertise to implement an EMR and may not be able to afford a consultant (although some states are receiving grants to help practices – check your...
