On April 16th, President Obama signed into law the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA CMS reform). This historic Medicare Reform has several very important effects on Medicare.
How MACRA Affects Medicare? Read More »
If you are unhappy with your EMR, you are not alone. A recent report from a study of over 750 small practices (practice with 1-10 physicians) performed by KLAS shows
Report Shows 25% of Small Practices Feel Stuck with Current EMR Read More »
Internal Training Who should get trained? Physicians, Medical Staff, and Billers What do you need to be trained on? Coding and documentation: http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/828929_2 ICD-10 Training: http://www.precyse.com/precyseuniversity/physician/solution.php 2 Hardware & Software Requirements
ICD-10 Checklist White Paper for Medisoft Read More »
Recently, The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 301-page proposed rules for Stage 3 of the Meaningful Use
What Are the Stage 3 Meaningful Use Rules? Read More »
Ranking well below the national average of 69%, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report show that only 38.7% of New Jersey doctors are accepting new Medicaid patients
On March 26th the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation (with a 392-37 vote) to permanently replace the Medicare sustainable growth rate formula and reimbursement mechanism. The senate did not review the
House Approves Medicare SGR Read More »
With three more healthcare security breaches recently reported, the issue of security is again in the forefront of healthcare news. In a new report from CyberEdge Group, 52% of security
More Healthcare Breaches – Who’s Next? Read More »
Groups including American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Academy of Family Physicians recently wrote to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) voicing their concerns stating that “the transition to ICD-10
Is ICD-10 Dangerous? Read More »
A draft bill is being circulated among Congress that outlines a plan for achieving interoperability (the ability of any authorized user to read a medical record from any source) by
Interoperability – Committees, Issues, and Insights Read More »
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently conducted a week long test wherein 660 volunteer Medicare fee-for-service providers, clearing houses and billing companies submitted about 15,000 test claims, and
CMS ICD-10 Test Gets a Passing Grade Read More »
