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Avoid 2016 PQRS, value-modifier penalties by meeting approaching deadlines

01/26/2015

You have time to submit your physician quality reporting system (PQRS) data for 2014 and avoid a 2% pay cut in 2016, but you’ll have to hurry — reporting deadlines arrive as early as Feb. 28.

As hospitals squeeze M.D.s, lure them to your practice with perks, performance goals

01/26/2015

by: Roy Edroso

Experts confirm that while hospitals retain their financial advantage in recruiting physicians, shifts in compensation models and other factors may be alienating them, which gives you a chance to lure some good doctors to your practice by providing a better experience.

Assess patient population to see whether shared visits work for your practice

01/26/2015

by: Roy Edroso

Shared medical visits require extra personnel and effort, but if you have the right sort of patient population, you can improve patient outcomes and clock a lot of E/Ms in a short space of time.

Benchmark: Group codes with group visits show high denial rates in recent data

01/26/2015

by: Roy Edroso

Out of 13 group-procedure codes listed by Medicare, six of them were never paid by Medicare.

Recruiting tool: Questions to consider for new physicians

01/26/2015

Here's a list of questions to give physicians prospects to get them thinking about what they really want in a practice.

Part B News briefs

01/22/2015

A new interest rate on your under- and over-payments, and new guidance on pre-payment ADRs.

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