Part B News
7 tips to prevent attestation errors that cost your practice meaningful use money
02/07/2013
by: Karen Long

Pay attention to the order of the numerator and denominator when entering clinical quality measure (CQM) information to attest for meaningful use incentives by the Feb. 28 deadline.

 
Payments to doctors from drug, medical device companies going public
02/07/2013
by: Roy Edroso and Lauren C. Williams

Start evaluating your payment information affiliated with medical companies and be prepared to answer patients’ questions about that money when that information goes public this fall.

 
Be careful of patient stays in ALFs, SNFs changing place-of-service codes
02/07/2013
by: Roy Edroso

Pay attention to the nature of the patient’s stay to determine the correct place of service (POS) code in assisted living facilities (ALFs) and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).

 
Check contracts to correctly bill HDHP patients who haven’t met deductibles
02/07/2013
by: Karen Long

Look at your contracts with insurance companies to know what you have to bill patients with high-deductible health plans (HDHP) who haven’t met their deductibles.

 
Money transfers that must be reported under the Sunshine Act
02/07/2013
by: Lauren C. Williams
Be ready for the following transactions between physicians and vendors – including drug, medical device or biological manufacturers and group purchasing organizations (GPOs) – to be reported publicly thanks to the Sunshine Act final rule, published Feb. 1.
EHR stage 2 target may be easier to hit for multi-office practices
02/07/2013
by: Roy Edroso

Attaining stage 2 meaningful use could be easier for providers who practice in more than one location, according to a CMS clarification in its new and updated FAQs.

 
Benchmark: Claims denials with ALF, SNF place-of-service codes, 2010-2011
02/07/2013
by: Lauren C. Williams
The charts below evaluate how providers are billing Part B services in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and assisted living facilities (ALFs). The graphs show denial rates above 5% for top utilized codes billed with place-of-service (POS) code 31 for SNFs and POS 13 for ALFs. 
Part B News briefs
02/07/2013
by: Part B News staff
Learn about two physician quality reporting system (PQRS) updates.
HIPAA ‘mega-rule’ adds EHR vendors, storage facilities to business associate list
02/01/2013
by: Lauren Williams and Tina Irgang

Prepare to draw up new business associate agreements for entities, such as electronic health record (EHR) system vendors and storage companies, by Sept. 23 to comply with provisions in HHS’ HIPAA “mega-rule.”

Physician pay wars' winners and losers
02/01/2013
by: Cheryl Clark

Family practitioners stand to receive a 7% reimbursement increase while pathologists will lose almost as much under the final federal fee schedule for physician and specialty provider groups released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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