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4 steps to develop a contingency plan if vendors won’t be ready for ICD-10
05/16/2013
by: Karen Long

Practices need back-up plans if their vendors say they won’t be ready for ICD-10, give vague answers about their preparedness or don’t respond at all.

Home health physician visits see elevated denial rates, 2010-2011
05/16/2013
by: Lauren C. Williams

These graphs illustrate the denial rates for physician visits to patients who are prescribed home health care as well as certification and recertification of that care.

Proposed rule would loosen HIPAA to collect gun info
05/16/2013
by: Roy Edroso

An advanced notice of proposed rulemaking from HHS suggests the agency is open to using HIPAA as an avenue to change regulations to allow the federal government to collect more gun information from states — information that may be in your patient medical records — but quick pushback from critics suggests it won’t happen.

Tavenner confirmed as CMS administrator
05/16/2013

For the first time in Barack Obama’s presidency, CMS has a Senate-confirmed CMS administrator after Marilyn Tavenner was approved by the Senate on a 91-7 vote on May 15. Tavenner has served as the acting administrator since December 2011.

Proposed rule would loosen HIPAA to collect gun info
05/14/2013
by: Roy Edroso
An advanced notice of proposed rulemaking from HHS suggests the agency open to using HIPAA as an avenue to change regulations to allow the federal government to collect gun information from states – information that may be in your patient medical records – but quick pushback from critics suggests it won’t happen.
 
 
4 steps to develop a contingency plan if vendors won’t be ready for ICD-10
05/13/2013
by: Karen Long
Practices need back-up plans if their vendors say they won’t be ready for ICD-10, give vague answers about their preparedness or don’t respond at all (PBN 5/13/13), advises Robert Tennant, senior policy advisor, Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), Washington, D.C.
“Hope for the best but assume the worst and prepare accordingly,” he adds.
 
10 questions to get your practice answers about your vendors’ ICD-10 readiness
05/13/2013
by: Karen Long
Asking your practice management software (PMS) vendor whether it is ready for ICD-10 is not enough to ensure you’ll avoid revenue disruptions when your practice switches to the new code set Oct. 1, 2014.
 
HHS aims to extend EHR subsidy protections in two proposed rules
05/13/2013
by: Marla Durben Hirsch and Lauren Williams
Practices that haven’t taken the leap into adopting an electronic health records (EHR) systems, or are looking to upgrade, may get even more incentive to do so thanks to two HHS proposed rules.
Voluntary self-disclosure protocol gets streamlined revamp from the OIG
05/13/2013
by: Marla Durben Hirsch
It’s now easier and faster to report and resolve potential fraud concerns related to federal health programs after HHS’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) updated its self-disclosure protocols (SDP) last month.
 
8 tips for accurate billing of new psychiatric, psychotherapy codes
05/13/2013
by: Karen Long
With the host of new psych codes introduced in 2013, you risk denials and payment delays if you don’t know how to bill the codes correctly. Follow this guidance provided by Betsy Nicoletti, consultant with Medical Practice Consulting, Springfield, Vt., to ensure timely payments.
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