Medicare Update for the New Year – Paycut Averted, PQRS, ICD-10, 5010, Medicare Enrollment, eRx, IDTF, EFT & RA
Here is a collection of the latest Medicare updates to get your New Year off to a good informed start:
Pay Cut: Physicians continue to receive 2011 pay rates for an additional two months while lawmakers seek a compromise on a package that could last through the remainder of 2012 (jump to story)
PQRS – National Provider Call on Physician Quality Reporting System & Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program (jump to story)
ICD-10: Did you miss the November 17th National Provider Call on ICD-10? YouTube Slideshow, Podcasts here (jump to story)
5010: New FAQs for 90 Day Discretionary Enforcement Period of ASC X12 Version 5010 (jump to story
Medicare Enrollment: Having trouble committing to Medicare this year? You have five more weeks to think about it. (jump to story)
eRx: The 2012 Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program payment adjustment feedback report ain’t gonna happen due to the huge volume of exemptions filed.(jump to story)
IDTF: Did you get your accreditation to be able to perform the technical component of MRIs, CTs and Nuclear Medicine tests for Medicare patients? (jump to story)
PQRS: CMS announces the posting of 2012 Physician Quality Reporting System educational products (jump to story)
EFT & RA: Interim Final Rule Standards for the Health Care Electronic Funds Transfers (EFT) and Remittance Advice transaction (RA) (jump to story)
