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10/07/2010

Your claims for high-level new patient visits could be delayed up to 60 days - the maximum period CMS allows - if a prepayment edit being instituted by Highmark Medicare Services spreads to other Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) jurisdictions.

10/07/2010

You're less than two months away from a 23% cut to your Medicare payments. And, you'll need to rely on a lame-duck session of Congress to fix the payment formula. The House and Senate members don't return until after mid-term elections in November.

10/07/2010

Your E/M coding and any bonuses you earn via the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program will be subject to close scrutiny by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) next year, according to its just-released 2011 work plan.

10/07/2010

Use this table of all 62 regional extension centers (RECs) to find the one operating in your state. HHS officials have said it's up to practices to research their local REC and find out what services are being offered. Remember: A REC is a federally funded organizations being paid by the federal government to help a certain number of primary care providers implement electronic health record (EHR) systems and use those systems to achieve meaningful use.

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