Answer Yes, you may collect the co-insurance on the date of the service from patients who advise you that they do not have co-insurance coverage. My question to you Why... Read More >
During the holiday shopping season, shoppers are looking for the perfect gifts. At the same time, criminals are looking for sensitive data. This data includes credit card numbers, financial accounts... Read More >
Novitas recently reported in a study report, the Office of the Inspector General OIG noted that percent of claims for Evaluation and Management E M services in were incorrectly coded,... Read More >
DecisionHealth provides a nice overview of the CPT changes for year see the link below. In the blog post, you ll find that a total of code changes throughout your... Read More >
Solo practitioners and groups can choose to participate in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System MIPS as a virtual group for the performance period. To form a virtual group, follow the... Read More >
nbsp Overpayments are Medicare funds that you or a beneficiary has received in excess of the amount allowed payable under the Medicare statute and regulations. Once a determination of an... Read More >
Physician Compare -Day Preview Period Extended to On October , CMS opened the -Day Preview Period for the performance information targeted to be publicly reported on Physician Compare starting in... Read More >
Since tax changes are in the air maybe , let me inject some reality with suggestion for year tax planning based on existing law and with the probability of no... Read More >
Yesterday CMS issued a final rule that includes updates to payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule PFS on or after... Read More >
Preview your performance information as it will appear on the Physician Compare website later this year. The preview period is extended to Friday, December at pm ET due to a... Read More >
Presented by the National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants www.nschbc.org Attend a free, live -minute webinar which will focus on the non-IT portions of the HIPAA regulations that largely... Read More >
Section a of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, imposes a requirement a mandatory requirement that physician groups adopt compliance programs. These programs are not simply plans that... Read More >
IRS Releases Qualified Retirement Plan Amounts The IRS published cost-of-living adjustments to various qualified retirement plans and related amounts for . Many of the limits pertaining to pension and other... Read More >
It s no secret that people are going to the Internet when searching for a new healthcare provider are you showing up in the right ways when they query in... Read More >
From the Bricker amp Eckler law firm On October , , the U.S. Attorney s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced a , settlement with the First Coast... Read More >
Physicians already have enough stress in their working lives without having to worry about finances at home. Talk openly and regularly with your spouse or partner about finances, acknowl edging... Read More >
Register for Medicare Learning Network events. On September , , CMS made the Annual Quality and Resource Use Reports QRURs available to all group practices and solo practitioners nationwide. This... Read More >
The state of Utah executed an agreement under Section of the Social Security Act that exempted full-time students from FICA taxes. This agreement was later modified to include part-time students.... Read More >
Here s an interesting question May a locum tenens doctor fill in for a deceased doctor? Answer per Part B News https pbn.decisionhealth.com No. You may not report services with... Read More >
Retirement Planning You were young and you just started your career a couple of years ago. You still have many years of work ahead of you. But then, someone talked... Read More >
Courtesy of Healthcare Compliance Pros According to the CMS announcement, it is not too late to participate in the first year the transition year of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System... Read More >
nbsp Modifier AI is used to identify the principal physician of record. It is an informational modifier. Appropriate Use To identify admitting or attending physician who oversees the patient s... Read More >
Odds are, you or someone you know were impacted by the Equifax data breach. The breach, which is estimated to have impacted million Americans nearly half the US population is... Read More >
Register for Medicare Learning Network events. On September , , CMS made the Annual Quality and Resource Use Reports QRURs available to all group practices and solo practitioners nationwide. This... Read More >
During an employment tax audit of an S corporation, the IRS determined that wages paid to the taxpayer s corporate officer were unreasonably low, and recharacterized portions of distributions as... Read More >
The Centers for Medicare amp Medicaid Services CMS gave the public its first look at the newly designed Medicare card. The new Medicare card contains a unique, randomly-assigned number that... Read More >
The Physician Quality Reporting System PQRS Feedback Reports and Annual Quality and Resource Use Reports QRURs are now available PQRS Feedback Reports provide program results for , including if you... Read More >
nbsp Accuracy matters I recently saw where Novitas Medicare Intermediary receives nearly . million requests from Part B providers each year to correct minor errors or omissions of claim-specific information,... Read More >
The Centers for Medicare amp Medicaid Services CMS will soon begin distributing letters to Physician Quality Reporting System PQRS individual eligible professionals EPs , EPs providing services at a Critical... Read More >
A -year-old Texas man was sentenced to months in prison Wednesday for hacking into the servers of a medical clinic where he lost his information technology job and buying merchandise... Read More >
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