by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 15, 2010 | Finance, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
Please call the AMA Grassroots Hotline, and have everyone in your office/department/building/campus call the Hotline on Wednesday, November 17th (White Coat Wednesday) and every day thereafter until November 30th to insist that Congress vote for the 13-month patch to...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 20, 2010 | Electronic Medical Records, Medicare & Reimbursement
More information on Medicare wellness visits in 2011 can be found here. Information on the 2011 Medicare Part A and Part B deductibles and premiums can be found here. ***************************************************************************** The extensive changes...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 10, 2010 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Medicare & Reimbursement
Update posted 8-14-2012: For flu shot updates for the 2012-2013 influenza season, click here. ******* Update posted 9-22-2011: For flu shot updates for the 2011-2012 influenza season, click here. ******* Update Posted 12-20-2010 – Medicare posted code changes...
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 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...
