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Survey: M.D.s find lack of time, patient-family conflict obstacles to ACP

04/25/2016

A new survey of physicians who regularly see older patients finds many of these M.D.s feel underprepared and undereducated for advance care planning encounters. But those are hardly the only factors keeping them from proposing and performing ACP.

Training opportunities

04/25/2016

Live events include Q&A with the experts and on-demand access includes CEUs where noted.

Prepare for potential ICD-10 shake-ups with careful monitoring, assessment

04/18/2016

by: Richard Scott

Set your sights on continual data tracking and performance improvement to avoid future setbacks now that you’re firmly entrenched in the world of ICD-10 coding and the 70,000-plus codes that comprise the expansive code set.

Plan underperforming? Fire them – but follow the rules

04/18/2016

by: Roy Edroso

Drop insurance plans that are doing your practice more harm than good – but make the decision carefully, and watch out for insurers’ sneaky ways of making your exit difficult.

Technology, tests, agreements among ways to help physicians spot potential opioid abuse

04/18/2016

by: Scott Kraft

With new opioid prescribing guidelines and a new focus on opioid abuse in the 2016 presidential campaign, practices should be aware of the tools available to fight the drug epidemic.

Put cost, quality data to use to outperform your peers for VBM incentives

04/18/2016

by: Richard Scott

Investigate and select the physician quality reporting system (PQRS) measures that you can report successfully to give your value-based modifier (VBM) payments a boost and avoid penalties that reach as high as 6%.

Most practices tally average value-based modifier scores, while outliers score big

04/18/2016

by: Richard Scott

You can gain incentives under Medicare’s value-based modifier (VBM) program if you outperform your peers on cost and quality metrics, and those incentives can be significant — some practices earned incentives that were a 32% increase on all Medicare payments.

The Stark Reality: Unassigned codes, delayed Medicaid payments and more

04/11/2016

by: Stark Medical Audit and Consulting

The following revenue audit findings are the latest from Stark Medical Auditing and Consulting.

Change policies and culture to discourage providers, others from working while sick

04/11/2016

by: Scott Harris

Reduce the likelihood clinicians will spread pathogens to patients by setting clear policies on working while sick and establishing a culture that discourages the practice.

Rehearse plans, plug leaks to prepare for press calls after an EHR hack

04/11/2016

by: Roy Edroso

A recent hack at a health care chain shows how easy it is for news about your practice to spread — and the importance of a solid communications protocol to maintain some control over the coverage you get.

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