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Internists aim to end 'assault' on patient-physician relationship
07/01/2013

Physician society has a two-pronged plan to continue to advance the progress being made in reforming physician payment systems.

Benchmark: AMA: Practices miss more than $3 of revenue for some reworked claims
07/01/2013
by: Karen Long

A practice loses $3.32 for each claim for which it has to send additional documentation, make phone calls or appeal denials for payer Health Care Services Corporation (HCSC), a new AMA report shows.

Whose data is it, anyway?
07/01/2013
by: Cheryl Clark

Physician specialty societies that gather their own quality data are growing concerned about potential federal oversight.

QualityNet: N365 disappearance no cause for PQRS alarm when quality code present
06/24/2013
by: Scott Kraft

Don’t be alarmed if you don’t see remittance advice remark code N365 (This procedure code is not payable; it is for reporting/informational purposes only) on your explanation of benefits when attempting to qualify for Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) bonuses, according to a QualityNet statement.

 
CMS: G-codes not required until next reporting if practice reported during testing
06/24/2013
by: Karen Long and Laura Evans

Practices that have reported functional G-codes for therapy patients during a testing phase will not have to restart functional reporting for those patients on the first date of service on or after July 1, CMS says in an email to Part B News.http://pbn.decisionhealth.com/Articles/Detail.aspx?id=515689

 
Use of patient form fees hinges on customer behavior, your financial need
06/24/2013
by: Lauren C. Williams
Your doctors’ time spent on administrative tasks such as filling out patient forms deserves to be compensated – especially with all of the payment challenges you face. But be judicious when you decide to charge patients for forms that need to be filled out by the physician to keep a good relationship with your patients.
Make documentation legible with pre-printed sheets to avoid 99309 denials
06/24/2013
by: Jennifer Clampet
Use pre-formatted exam forms to beef up physician documentation and improve chart legibility to prevent Medicare denials of 99307–99310 (Subsequent nursing facility care).
 
New services aim to make emailing, texting among doctors, patients secure
06/24/2013
by: Roy Edroso
Want to plug your patients into email and text messaging but are worried about privacy? Your best bet to avoid HIPAA violations may be to adopt the most restrictive standards for using them – or not use them at all.
Denials on the rise for 3 of 4 subsequent nursing facility visit codes
06/24/2013
by: Karen Long

The denial rates for all but one of the subsequent nursing facility visit codes (99307–99310) saw increases from 2010 to 2011, the latest Medicare data available.

 
How to earn increased Medicaid payments in your state as part of 2-year program
06/14/2013
by: Karen Long

Primary care providers: Pay close attention to your state’s Medicaid website or letters from your Medicaid agency or you could miss deadlines to get increased payments that are retroactive to Jan. 1.

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