by Mary Pat Whaley | Feb 12, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
(PQRS) AM News Reports 2012 Last Year for Physicians to Voluntarily Report Quality Data (jump to story) (PQRS & eRX) National Provider Call: Claims-Based Reporting for the Physician Quality Reporting System & Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program (jump to...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 28, 2011 | Medicare & Reimbursement
Alcohol Misuse Screening and Depression Screening On July 19th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed to add alcohol screening and behavioral counseling, and screening for depression, to the comprehensive package of preventive services now...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 24, 2011 | Medicare & Reimbursement
If you are a physician, non-physician practitioner or Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) who supplies imaging services and submits claims for the Technical Component (TC) of Advanced Diagnostic Imaging (ADI) procedures to Medicare contractors (carriers and...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jun 12, 2011 | Medicare & Reimbursement
CMS will host a national provider call on the upcoming mandatory accreditation program for all suppliers that furnish the technical component of advanced diagnostic imaging on Thursday, June 23, 2011 from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. EST. Subject matter experts will...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 17, 2010 | Medicare & Reimbursement
The Office of the Inspector General just unveiled their 2011 Work Plan in a remarkably readable and succinct 159 pages. The Work Plan reveals their review targets for the coming year. The entire plan is here, but I’ve excerpted the parts that I thought would...
