Your online enrollment applications will not be processed if you fail print, sign and mail a certification statement to your contractor.

CMS gives you a way to halt automatic recoupment of an overpayment, but you'll have to move quickly to take advantage of this rule.

A reader asks if his practice can have a locum tenens fill in for a regular doctor for more than 60 days.

While top leaders in Congress wrangle over healthcare reform, CMS forges ahead with its plans to implement a value-based purchasing system for physicians.

Legislators are already trying to avert a drastic pay cut for physicians, but whether they'll have a solution before 2010 is still anyone's guess.

With a little planning and patience, you can negotiate preauthorization waivers with your MA plans.

This analysis of MGMA data shows productivity and cost containment separate successful practices from the rest. How does your practice stack up against the best?

According to CMS, your carrier still has some leeway in determining when it will and will not allow 30 day retroactive billing for newly enrolled providers.

This chart compares specialty-specific denial rates from 2005 to those in 2007, listing the major specialties with the highest denial rates. Overall, the reductions in denial rates are greater than the increases; the good news is huge for high-volume specialties like primary care and general surgery. However, the data shows that lower overall utilization played a major role in lower denial rates.

Speed your Medicare enrollment process by following these 5 enrollment tips offered directly by a top CMS official at March 26 public forum. Part B News  attended the conference, sponsored by the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), and compiled the following list of tips from Jim Bossenmeyer, CMS's director of provider and supplier enrollment.