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PBN Salary Survey: Education, duties performed affect billers’ average salaries

04/01/2013

As a part of Part B News’ salary survey coverage, the following graphs represent how billers’ and billing managers’ salaries are affected by education level and type of job duties.

Watch private payers’ advances in efficiency for peek into Medicare future

04/01/2013

by: Karen Long

If you’re looking for the next wave of policy changes from Medicare, check out the programs that private payers are putting in place. The private sector’s role in advancing health care reform is to drive the innovation and investment into ideas that will ultimately impact Medicare, a private payer representative told industry experts and media at a panel discussion March 20 sponsored by Medicare Newsgroup.

Good news — practices reveal CMS, private payers paying some TCM claims

03/21/2013

by: Roy Edroso

A Part B News survey has good news on the transitional care management (TCM) front: Some of our readers have already been paid by Medicare, Medicare Advantage and even private payers for claims with the new TCM codes.

Practice efforts to link provider pay to quality outcomes face complex, uphill battle

03/21/2013

by: Scott Kraft

It won’t be easy to convince your physicians that their paychecks should be a direct reflection of quality patient care. But once you do, or even if you don’t, your next challenge will be structuring payments to reflect a wide variety of shared savings and patient-centered initiatives.

AWV dollars go begging; try 4 simple tips on how your practice can pick them up

03/21/2013

by: Roy Edroso

Only 9% of Medicare beneficiaries use their annual wellness visit (AWV) benefits. But by increasing that number and handling these visits properly, you can help your bottom line as well as your patients.

Promise of easier preauthorization, payment posting inches toward reality

03/21/2013

by: Jen Searfoss

At the recent HIMSS meeting in New Orleans, Jen Searfoss was able to get some first-hand insight into how theACA mandate holds the potential to help your practice operate more efficiently and cost-effectively in the near future.

Got big cyber risk? Consider cyber insurance to protect your practice

03/21/2013

by: Roy Edroso

In the wake of new HIPAA rules, some practices are looking at cyber insurance to protect themselves in the event of an electronic data breach. If your risk is big enough — and it’s always bigger than you think, experts say — you should too.

Benchmark of the Week: PBN Salary Survey -- Practice manager title earns higher pay and 3% increase

03/21/2013

by: Lauren C. Williams

These graphs represent how much practice, billing and coding managers alike fared with salary increases for 2012.

Practice efforts to link provider pay to quality face uphill battle

03/19/2013

by: Scott Kraft

It won’t be easy to convince your physicians that their paychecks should be a direct reflection of patient quality care, as required in certain CMS and private payer pay-for-performance initiatives. But once you do, or even if you don’t, your next challenge will be structuring payments to reflect a wide variety of shared savings and patient-centered initiatives, experts tell Part B News.

State self-attestation forms popping up for increased Medicaid payments

03/18/2013

by: Karen Long

The time is now in many states for pediatricians, internists and family medicine physicians to sign up for increased Medicaid payments. Many states have notified those providers of how to participate in the two-year program.

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