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01/25/2016

You’ll likely have an easier time avoiding the 3% meaningful use penalty in 2017 with the passage of the Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act (S.2425) — but eligible professionals (EPs) must sit tight until CMS releases the precise details of the anticipated reprieve.

01/25/2016

If your practice is interested in a coordinated-care model but not ready for the heavy lift of creating an accountable care organization (ACO), you now have a new option.

01/25/2016

Use a registry or your own electronic health records (EHR) system before you give up on beating the 2% quality performance pay cut. Practices that are willing to put in the effort — and the money — may be able to use a registry to meet the 2015 reporting requirements.

01/25/2016

Question: Is a high level of medical decision-making (MDM) a necessary element in a high-level established patient E/M code (99214-99215)?

01/25/2016

Question: What sort of payment reductions can a practice expect if the providers don’t have electronic health records (EHR) and have not participated in any of the quality initiative programs such as e-prescribing (e-Rx) and the physician quality reporting system (PQRS)?

01/25/2016

CMS is reporting a surge in denials on clinical lab claims in 2015.

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