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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.
Doctors are a trillion-dollar crux of the national economy, according to the American Medical Association’s latest report. The AMA released a study March 23 that said office-based physicians contributed $1.4 trillion to economic activity and 4 million jobs in 2009.
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.
CMS released a new batch of FAQs Friday regarding Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs, which could make your switch to EHR seem less ominous. Some of CMS' responses include clarification on what a "reasonable cost" is under the new program, determining how hospital-based status is determined for eligible professionals, discussing whether large practices will be able to register all eligible professionals at once and more.

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