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A doctor’s office would like to provide out-of-network patients with a reduced price for the first visit. How would insurance companies deal with that? Would they withhold payments for future... More

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Expect the same scrutiny of your non-physician practitioners’ (NPPs’) billing and payments from HHS’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) can as their physician counterparts. Rev... More

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Primary care providers in Alabama participating in a program to match Medicaid rates to Medicare reimbursement will see almost $58 more per new patient E/M visit (99205) in 2013. ... More

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A doctor’s office would like to provide out-of-network patients with a reduced price for the first visit. How would insurance companies deal with that? Would they withhold payments for future... More

NPP Report

Expect the same scrutiny of your non-physician practitioners’ (NPPs’) billing and payments from HHS’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) can as their physician counterparts. Rev... More

Benchmark of the Week

Primary care providers in Alabama participating in a program to match Medicaid rates to Medicare reimbursement will see almost $58 more per new patient E/M visit (99205) in 2013. ... More

Wyden: Allow ACOs to focus on chronic care

by: Karen Long

Survey finds many doctors in ACOs not seeing financial gains

by: Nicholas Stern

Invasive insect bugging cardiovascular health

by: Jennifer Clampet

Tool of the Month: CMS meaningful use audit spreadsheet

The first round of meaningful use audits has already begun for providers who already received their meaningful use incentive payment. Here is a copy of the spreadsheet file you'd use to submit your supporting documentation to CMS contractor Figliozzi & Company if you were to receive this intiial audit.

Tool of the Month: CMS proposes 13 new quality measures for PQRS

CMS’ proposed 2013 Medicare physician fee schedule boasts several changes, chief of which are new measures for the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) program. Download Part B News’ tool detailing all 13 proposed quality measures via the “Download file” link.

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