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04/18/2016
Set your sights on continual data tracking and performance improvement to avoid future setbacks now that you’re firmly entrenched in the world of ICD-10 coding and the 70,000-plus codes that comprise the expansive code set.
04/18/2016

Drop insurance plans that are doing your practice more harm than good – but make the decision carefully, and watch out for insurers’ sneaky ways of making your exit difficult.

04/18/2016

With new opioid prescribing guidelines and a new focus on opioid abuse in the 2016 presidential campaign, practices should be aware of the tools available to fight the drug epidemic.

04/18/2016

Investigate and select the physician quality reporting system (PQRS) measures that you can report successfully to give your value-based modifier (VBM) payments a boost and avoid penalties that reach as high as 6%.

04/18/2016

You can gain incentives under Medicare’s value-based modifier (VBM) program if you outperform your peers on cost and quality metrics, and those incentives can be significant — some practices earned incentives that were a 32% increase on all Medicare payments.

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