If the phrase “robotic process automation” (or RPA) has you picturing an R2D2-style droid floating around the medical billing office of the future doing filing and data entry, then you’ve got it all wrong. This futuristic-sounding tool can help with medical billing tasks, but its applications are available now and are already working behind the scenes across the medical billing industry. No metallic droids needed. READ MORE
While physicians and other providers wait to see if the proposed 3.75 percent fee reductions make it into the final rule of the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, two other looming cuts to Medicare payments have them facing down a 9.75 percent pay cut beginning January 1, 2022. READ MORE
As we move into the final quarter of 2021, here are several key dates and deadlines for the 2020, 2021, and 2022 performance years of the MIPS program that eligible providers should keep in mind. READ MORE
A second interim final rule outlining the details of the No Surprises Act provides much-anticipated guidelines related to the Independent Dispute Resolution process between payers and providers and also lays out requirements for good faith estimates and a patient-provider dispute resolution for uninsured (or self-pay) individuals. READ MORE
