How to use rate filings to your advantage
Rate filings are a valuable resource to help you understand a health plan s financial situation and rates for services as you prepare for negotiations. But most providers remain unfamiliar... Read More >
Surprise staff with extra time off
The Power of Appreciation in Boosting Employee Performance While you think employees are motivated by money which they are , ALL are motivated by appreciation. Employees want to be thanked... Read More >
Another tax season bites the dust
Why Physicians Need to Focus on the Foundation of Their Financial Planning Pyramid Another tax season has come and gone my th straight tax season as a matter of fact... Read More >
What the antisteering contract should say in physician contracts
The following are model contract clauses that you can adapt and use in your plan contracts related to antisteering protection Protect your services, regardless of carve-out. Include a list of... Read More >
New Book – Physician Billing & Collections
Master Your Practice s Revenue Proven Strategies to Improve Billing and Collections Getting paid. It s one of the most important and frustrating aspects of every physician practice. Without a... Read More >
The Groups Enrollment in Physicians Voluntary Reporting Program
When CMS designed the registration website for the Physicians Voluntary Reporting Program, it was set up to require a UPIN to begin the process. Unfortunately, this prevented groups from enrolling... Read More >
Expect cut in physician Medicare reimbursement next year
You would see a - . across-the-board cut in Part B payments next Jan., CMS formally predicts according to Part B News. In new estimates, provided to MedPAC, CMS reveals... Read More >
List of Stark-related CPT codes
Ever wondering if a specific CPT code falls within a designated health service under the Stark rules? Here is where you can find out http www.cms.hhs.gov apps ama license.asp?file medlearnproducts... Read More >
Recommended book selection for physician offices
Malpractice is a very real threat to your physician practice. More malpractice cases are going to trial than ever before. Skyrocketing liability premiums are causing physicians to leave high-risk specialties... Read More >
Who’s preparing your tax return?
OUCH .. In testimony before the Senate Finance Committee, Michael Brostek, Director of Strategic Issues for the Government Accountability Office GAO , noted that in visits to commercial preparers, paid... Read More >
Complicating the Physician Golden Years
Aging Physicians and Workforce Challenges in Medicine Dr. Gary Leifer, one of physicians with Kansas City Urology Care PA, worries about more than urinary streams. With million baby boomers moving... Read More >
Updated Medicare Part B Drugs Average Sales Price
The Medicare Part B Drugs Average Sales Price pricing files for April , to June , have been posted to the CMS website at http www.cms.hhs.gov McrPartBDrugAvgSalesPrice aspfiles.asp. Revisions to... Read More >
CMS releases new information on Physician Voluntary Reporting Program
A cover letter to physicians has been posted to the Centers for Medicare amp Medicaid Services CMS Physician Voluntary Reporting Program PVRP Web site. The letter suggests reasons why medical... Read More >
National Provider Identifier (NPI) Information for Physician Providers
CMS has released three new educational products on the NPI. Visit the Educational Resources link on the CMS Web site to view these new products, as well as existing products,... Read More >
Report on Final HIPAA Enforcement Rule
HIPAA Enforcement The HIPAA final enforcement rule took effect March . Organizations looking for help in interpreting the new rule now have a free resource available to them. HCPro, Inc.,... Read More >
Think your practice is embezzlement-proof?
An office manager steals , from a Florida pulmonologist who claimed that his bookkeeping system was foolproof. A trusted bookkeeper embezzles , from a Connecticut surgeon by forging his signature... Read More >
Four words sum up physician administrator incentive plans: To each its own
From the Medical Group Management Association Although . percent of medical practices that responded to an informal questionnaire reported that they have administrator incentive plans, the types of incentives varied... Read More >
OIG Posts New Advisory Opinion 3/27 Home Health Agency Free Preoperative Home Safety Assessment
To access the Advisory Opinion document, - concerning a home health agency s practice of providing prospective customers with a free preoperative home safety assessment go here http www.oig.hhs.gov fraud... Read More >
Four steps toward worthwhile physician-candidate interviews
Structured Physician Recruitment Interviews Key Focus Areas Keep your physician-recruit interviews on track by focusing on the main objective assessing the applicant s intellect, medical competence and people skills. Further,... Read More >
Physician leaders should bring your data when pitching expenditures to partners
How to Persuade Your Group Using Data to Secure Major Financial Commitments If you want the doctors in your group to make a major financial commitment next year, bring data... Read More >
5 practical tips on paying part-time employees in a Physician practice
From the Americian Institute of Professional Bookkeepers www.aipb.org . Withhold FICA on part-timers and retirees . Even if someone who works for you part-time also has a full-time job where... Read More >
Physicians seeking growth turn to marketing firms
Just hours after the government approved a medicated patch for depression, an e-mail went out offering reporters the opportunity to speak with a doc in private practice stunned at FDA... Read More >
Seven tips to tackle high-deductible plans
Tips for Managing High-Deductible Health Plans The percentage of employers offering high-deductible plans jumped from in to in , according to industry publications. It s reasonable to believe that the... Read More >
Silent PPOs and Physician Practices
Silent PPOs Survey Shows Alarming Provider Unawareness In my recent healthcare newsletter archives and subscription info can be found at my website at www.rtacpa.com under the resources tab , I... Read More >
Physician Burn Out
I get burn out, you get burn out, and so do physicians. There are numerous ways people cure their burn out but sometimes help is needed. The recent issue of... Read More >
Physician HCPCS Codes Excluded from CLIA Edits
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System HCPCS Codes Subject to and Excluded from Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments CLIA Edits, CMS CR CMS has released an article regarding HCPCS codes subject to... Read More >
Will the Physician Good-Guys Get a Win?
From the American Health Lawyer s Association Fifth Circuit Grants NTSP Emergency Motion for Stay of Final Order On February , , the United States Court of Appeals for the... Read More >
Upcoming Physician Antitrust Seminar
nbsp Successful Healthcare Provider-Payer Arrangements New Win-Win Agreements in Light of Recent Antitrust Rulings A Live -minute Telephone Conference with Interactive Q amp A Session Tuesday, March , p.m. p.m.... Read More >
Teambuilding Idea for Physician Practices
Ran across this email post today and thought I would pass it on a great idea to try. There were some questions about team building exercises last week This was... Read More >
The Squeeze on Physician Incomes
This is from a recent post to one of the MGMA listservs Due to many reasons we will be laying off terminating approximately of our staff. The management team can... Read More >
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