nbsp Medicare has determined that providers are not routinely billing with modifiers AD and when performing more than four concurrent anesthesia procedures. Payment is allowed for three base units per... Read More >
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Aretha Franklin is the latest example of celebrities who have died without a will or trust, leaving heirs to deal with a potential tax fallout that could have been avoided... Read More >
Compliance Exit Interview Questions How effective was your training on the compliance program, Code of Conduct and policies? Were you trained on how to report concern and problems confidentially or... Read More >
It s my opinion and experience that any investment you make coding education will yield a significant return on your investment. Various studies have estimated individual physicians can forego tens... Read More >
Medicare started mailing new Medicare cards to people with Medicare who live in Wave states Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Medicare continues to mail new cards to... Read More >
Advance Care Planning Fact Sheet Revised A revised Advance Care Planning Fact Sheet is available. Learn about Beneficiary eligibility Provider and location eligibility Diagnosis requirements PECOS for Physicians and NPPs... Read More >
HealthIT Security reports the following SSM Health St. Mary s Hospital in Jefferson City, Missouri, reported to OCR on July that an improper disposal of paper medical records may have... Read More >
Courtesy of lexology.com and author Mark Wiletsky https www.lexology.com author Mark B Wiletsky Are physician noncompete agreements enforceable? They can be, depending on the circumstances, though there are few reported... Read More >
The Centers for Medicare amp Medicaid Services CMS updated its Quality Payment Program Participation Status Tool to include Qualifying APM Participant QP and MIPS APM status. The tool has been... Read More >
PECOS FAQs Booklet The PECOS FAQs Booklet is available. Learn about Required information for Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System PECOS enrollment Application issues Revalidations PECOS for Provider and Supplier... Read More >
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas will begin a controversial new program today in which it will not pay any expenses for an out-of-network emergency room visit if it... Read More >
A free webinar presented by the National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants www.nschbc.org MACRA MIPS Made Easy Balancing Regulatory Compliance with Provider Efficiency Register for the NSCHBC free, -minute... Read More >
Great list by the Texas Medical Association www.texmed.org Failure to listen to and respect your patients Failure to maintain accurate, legible, and complete documentation Not establishing standards of conduct for... Read More >
You probably need to give employees access to the Internet so they can do their jobs, such as checking payer websites. But you might also worry that they re wasting... Read More >
Improve Patient Satisfaction Put Yourself in your Patient s Shoes When was the last time you or a mystery shopper walked in your practice s front door and saw your... Read More >
You can contribute to a Roth IRA for him or her up to , for , but not more than the child s earnings. Inside the Roth, earnings grow tax-free.... Read More >
nbsp The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS defines telehealth services to include those services that require a face-to-face meeting with the patient. Reimbursement for these services was initiated... Read More >
nbsp New Medicare Card Using Your MAC s MBI Look-Up Tool When you use the Medicare Administrative Contractor MAC secure portal Medicare Beneficiary Identifier MBI look-up tool, you must use... Read More >
While not a specific physician-related tax case, I can see similarities in the fact pattern should a physician ever want to store medical practice documents in his or her garage.... Read More >
Your patient probably learned a thing or two about you online before stepping into your office. Or, if he or she couldn t find you online, that may have left... Read More >
To avoid getting scammed, everyone should know how the IRS contacts taxpayers. This will help people avoid becoming a victim of scammers who pretend to be from the IRS with... Read More >
Under prior tax law, Sec. plans were designed to offer a tax-advantaged savings tool for higher education costs. In addition to the earnings in the ac count being tax-free if... Read More >
Here are some other ideas to consider Missed chart notes. Sometimes things get busy and healthcare staff cannot keep up on their paperwork. A week goes by, and then a... Read More >
You practice cannot afford to not to identify areas of potential lost revenue. This and future blog posts will explore some areas you may want to take a look at.... Read More >
On July , CMS proposed historic changes that would increase the amount of time that doctors and other clinicians can spend with their patients by reducing the burden of paperwork... Read More >
Since the new tax law increased the estate tax exclusion to million dollars, indexed for inflation, taxable estates will continue to decline. As such, if you do not expect to... Read More >
CMS has posted an additional resource on CMS.gov to help eligible clinicians and groups understand their Merit-based Incentive Payment System MIPS payment adjustment based on their performance. The MIPS Payment... Read More >
nbsp Medicare does not cover items and services that are not reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of an illness or injury or to improve the functioning of... Read More >
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