Several deadlines for the Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program are fast approaching, and with new measures being implemented and ICD-10 coming, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has made several updates to the program and its documentation. READ MORE
Physicians will begin to see a .5 percent increase on all Medicare payments beginning with July 1, 2015, dates of service. READ MORE
The American Medical Association (AMA) inaugurated a new president earlier in June. Steven J. Stack, MD, is the organization’s youngest president in 160 years as well as the first emergency physician to fill the office. READ MORE
In less than 100 days, ICD-10 will be upon us. Though proposed legislation and rumors of further delays or extended transition periods abound, now is not the time to sit idly by. When October 1, 2015, comes, will you be ready for ICD-10? READ MORE
While healthcare payments from patients and payers are expected to reach as much as $5 trillion per year by 2022, more than 30 percent of those dollars are purported to be wasted due to “inefficient, disjointed payment processing and costs associated with paper-based billing and administrative processes,” according to an InstaMed report published in May 2015. READ MORE
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently released a final rule updating the Medicare Shared Savings Program. READ MORE
While millions of Americans await a Supreme Court ruling on the case of King v. Burwell to determine the fate of their healthcare coverage, medical providers also should begin thinking about how the case could affect their practice. READ MORE
The successful results of a second ICD-10 end-to-end testing week support the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ claim that they are ready for ICD-10. Meanwhile, members of Congress continue to bat around ideas and propose legislation to further delay the ICD-10 implementation date or mitigate its effects on provider revenue and cashflow. READ MORE
In 2009, Congress mandated that payment adjustments should be applied to Medicare eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals that are not meaningful users of Certified Electronic Health Record Technology under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program. Eligible professionals and eligible hospitals may be exempt from payment adjustments, however. READ MORE
In just a little more than three months, ICD-10 will be upon us. Though proposed legislation and rumors of transition periods abound, now is not the time to sit idly by. When October 1, 2015, comes, will you be ready for ICD-10? READ MORE
