Charity Singleton Craig is a freelance writer and editor who provides communications and marketing services for CIPROMS. She is responsible for creating, editing, and managing all content, design, and interaction on the company website and social media channels in order to promote CIPROMS as a thought leader in healthcare billing and management.
To help providers maintain cash flow during the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS is expanding its accelerated and advance payment program for Medicare participating health care providers and suppliers through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. READ MORE
In this update, we talk about new details for coding and billing for COVID-19 testing and treatment, and how Medicare, commercial payers, and Americans will pay for it … or not. READ MORE
In some clinical settings, the role of anesthesiologists is temporarily shifting with the current COVID-19 pandemic. Those changing roles are affecting everything from how anesthesiologists are keeping themselves safe during patient care to how they are coding and billing for their services. READ MORE
The deadline for physicians and other eligible providers to submit data for the 2019 MIPS reporting period has been extended. Providers now have until April 30, 2020, rather than March 31, to submit MIPS data. READ MORE
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has further expanded coverage for telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic, building off of the changes Congress implemented in their first COVID-19 relief package earlier in March. READ MORE
The well-being of our employees and service to our clients are top priorities. READ MORE
Individual clinicians and provider groups hoping to take advantage of the facility-based measurement for the 2020 MIPS Quality and Cost performance categories can now check their facility-based status with the updated participation status tool on the Quality Payment Program website. READ MORE
Medicare’s geographical restrictions for billing telehealth services will be eased during public health emergencies through a bipartisan emergency spending deal expected to pass through both Houses of Congress. READ MORE
Beginning in March, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will release Comparative Billing Reports to some providers who perform anesthesia services. READ MORE
Last fall, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) released their annual ASA Commercial Payer Survey results for 2019. Below you’ll find our brief analysis to help you evaluate and negotiate your own managed care contracts for 2020. READ MORE
