by Mary Pat Whaley | Feb 13, 2011 | Compliance, Medicare & Reimbursement, Physician Relations
“Publications For Your Medicare Beneficiaries” New! The Medicare Learning Network® (MLN) has released a new product titled “Publications For Your Medicare Beneficiaries.” This factsheet lists a variety of beneficiary-related publications available to assist...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 26, 2010 | Medicare & Reimbursement
What is a NPI again? The National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Administrative Simplification Standard. The NPI is a unique identification number for covered health care providers. Covered health care...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 7, 2010 | Electronic Medical Records, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
NOTE: Read my latest post on how to register and attest for the EHR Incentive Programs here. Where Did the Idea of Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records Come From? The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was signed by President Obama on February 17,...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Dec 14, 2009 | Electronic Medical Records, Medicare & Reimbursement
If you don’t have the following ten items on a manual checklist or in your EMR, you might want to add them. Any time I hear someone list things that improve quality of life and downstream health, I think to myself “This is future reimbursement...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 5, 2009 | Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, Finance, Medicare & Reimbursement
BUILD ON WHAT YOU’RE CURRENTLY DOING: 1. Add physician hours – add evening or weekend hours; start your office hours earlier and end hours later. 2. Reduce physician time off – decrease vacation or change weekly days off to 1/2 days off. 3. Set a...
