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The federal government is days away from a shutdown if Congress can’t agree on a 2012 budget. And one of the proposals puts Medicare on the chopping block. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) furnished a budget Tuesday that would save the government over $4 trillion over the next 10 years, CBS News reports.
If you are worried about switching your long-standing paper filing system to electronic health records (EHR), you are not alone. The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) published survey results on March 30 from 349 practices with over 13,000 physicians regarding their EHR transitions and the results depict much angst among your peers. Over half of the respondents described a significant or very significant loss of productivity during EHR implementation.
DecisionHealth stock imageYou will have to pony up $505 per provider to enroll them for Medicare billing privileges -- but only if you are an "institutional provider." This category basically refers to any provider who is enrolling to supply durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS). Most notably, physicians, non-physician practitioners (NPP) or groups of either that are not DMEPOS suppliers don't have to pay the fee.
DecisionHealth stock imageA wide swatch of skilled nursing facility (SNF) services, primarily for ultrasound and echocardiography, were incorrectly denied between Jan. 1 and March 14, 2011. The incorrect denials were caused by Medicare contractors not updating their claims processing system edits to include a total of 37 codes in the 76000 code series, CMS says.
DecisionHealth stock photoThe new annual wellness visits for seniors received acclaim on Capitol Hill Wednesday and its success could mean a revenue boost for your practice. Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) boasted of the Medicare program’s success and potential overall cost reduction in a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the progress of new benefits and programs enacted by The Affordable Care Act, according to a media release.

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