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10/20/2014
Take advantage of free online scheduling options your practice might already be able to use.
 
10/20/2014
A Part B News analysis of the recently released 2013 Medicare claims data shows a “race to the middle” with E/M office visit codes as providers eschew the highest and the lowest codes.
10/20/2014
CMS is reaching out to the 139 group practices of 25 or more eligible professionals (EPs) that successfully reported the 2013 diabetes and coronary artery disease PQRS group practice reporting option measure via the Web interface.
10/20/2014
Eligible professionals (EPs) and group practices must submit the final set of PQRS data using 2014 certified electronic health record (EHR) technology, though it doesn’t have to be in place for the full year of PQRS reporting, CMS says.
10/20/2014
A post-payment audit revealed that Monticello, Ark.-based Drew Memorial Hospital had not met one of the 19 meaningful use measures as part of the electronic health records (EHR) incentive program – that of conducting a security risk analysis of vulnerabilities of its EHR system.
10/13/2014

Providers who are having problems attesting to electronic health records (EHR) meaningful use because of certified EHR technology problems, but who failed to file for a hardship exception when it was due in July, have gotten a break: CMS has extended its application deadline to Nov. 30.

10/13/2014

Practices subject to the value modifier in 2015 can find out whether they’ll get a payment cut from newly online 2013 Quality and Resource Use Reports (QRURs).

10/13/2014

If you’re planning to use an online scheduling tool such as ZocDoc, avoid potential HIPAA disasters by ensuring the vendors understand their patient privacy responsibilities.

10/13/2014

Question: In a new electronic health record (EHR) system, when a patient doesn’t have a medical history, the medical history portion just shows up blank. The physicians in my practice want to know if they click “verify” on the note (aka verifying no medical history), will that still satisfy requirements for the E/M documentation?

10/13/2014

Question: Procedure code 19083 describes a breast biopsy with ultrasound guidance. If an ultrasound is done prior to starting the procedure to find the spots that need to be biopsied, can that ultrasound be charged separately from the ultrasound-guided biopsy and clip placement?

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