by Abraham Whaley | Nov 3, 2011 | A Career in Practice Management, Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Finance, General, Medicare & Reimbursement
As we finish off another month here at MMP, we wanted to go back over some of our most popular posts from the month and get ready for another busy, productive, and meaningful month. Presenting, The Best of Manage My Practice, October 2011! Are you ready for the...
by Abraham Whaley | Nov 2, 2011 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Finance, General
After Mary Pat’s “Coding for the Rest of Us” post this July, she sat down with Lyndsey Coates from Nuesoft as part of their monthly Healthcare IT Podcast to discuss more about how even a basic understanding of coding among patient contacting and...
by Mary Pat Whaley | May 31, 2010 | Day-to-Day Operations, Headlines
From the Federal Trade Commission: “At the request of several Members of Congress, the Federal Trade Commission is further delaying enforcement of the “Red Flags” Rule through December 31, 2010, while Congress considers legislation that would affect the scope...
by Mary Pat Whaley | May 30, 2010 | Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
UPDATE: On June 24, 2010 the House and Senate passed legislation to further delay the Medicare cuts until November 30, 2010. More here. ***** Congress has yet to pass a bill delaying the June 1, 2010 21.2% reduction in physician reimbursement, but most believe it will...
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...