Skip Navigation LinksHome | Editors' Blog
The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) wrapped up in 2018 when Medicare issued payment adjustments for the 2016 reporting year. And soon the PQRS website will be a thing of the past.

We asked Rob McDonald, vice president of product management for data privacy technology provider Virtru in Washington, D.C., for advice on mobile device security for the medical practice. He gave us this checklist.

The AMA’s CPT Editorial Panel approved sweeping changes to documentation and code selection guidelines for evaluation and management codes. If finalized, the changes will shift the way practices select codes for both office and facility visits as soon as January 2021.

Samant Virk, M.D., founder & CEO of MediSprout, a healthcare and telehealth solutions company in Valhalla, N.Y., tells Part B News what he knows about Medicare's newly-covered codes for interprofessional consultations performed via communications technology (99446-99452) and other developments in remote medicine. 

When we reported in January that you had till April 2 to report Quality Payment Program data to CMS, you may have thought you had plenty of time to think about that later -- but here's a reminder that it's now less than a month away. 

Login

User Name:
Password:
Welcome to the new Part B News Online. If you are a returning user having trouble logging in, please click here.
Blog Archive
Back to top