The tough economy is forcing more practices to get creative when it comes to providing education to their staff. Take a look at some of the ideas they shared. 

Implementation of the ICD-10 is back on track after the Obama administration lifts the hold it placed on the rule.

CMS is once again easing back on Draconian enrollment rules.

RACs will have to gain CMS approval and publicly announce their targets before they can get to work on your claims. 

Officials in charge of the Recovery Audit Contractor program grant Part B News exclusive insight into what providers can expect during the earliest days of the permanent program.

Your office staff and other third parties will now be permitted by CMS to file enrollment applications online on behalf of Medicare providers (PBN 3/16/09). The reversal in policy could boost utilization for online enrollment amid widespread complaints that physicians themselves do not typically fill out the application. The Internet-based Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) processed about 1,500 applications so far, CMS says.

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.