HHS: Healthcare Cybersecurity In ‘Critical’ Condition By Grant Huang, CPC, CPMA, Director of Content at DoctorsMangement The nation’s healthcare provider organizations are at greater risk of cybersecurity breaches than any other type of organization, according to a highly-anticipated HHS report on the state of cybersecurity across the industry. Entitled “Report on Improving Cybersecurity in...
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The Business of Medicine Newsletter - June 2017 Volume 5, Issue 6 June 2017 Inside the June issue: Why telemedicine services could finally take off and how to implement them, CMS clarifies MIPS to make a full bonus easier to earn, Congress could delay radiography cuts affecting X-rays, and HHS releases its long-awaited report on...
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Congress Could Delay Radiography Cuts By Grant Huang, CPC, CPMA, Director of Content at DoctorsMangement CMS began cutting the payments you receive for taking X-ray scans using analog equipment on Jan. 1 of this year. The move is intended to gradually prod providers into investing in more advanced X-ray equipment known as digital radiography...
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CMS Expands List Of Providers Exempt From MIPS By Grant Huang, CPC CPMA, Director of Content at DoctorsMangement A total of 806,879 providers are now exempt from having to participate in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), according to the latest CMS calculations of their Medicare Part B charges. These charges are used to...
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Practices Gear Up For 90 Days Of MIPS Reporting By Grant Huang, CPC CPMA, Director of Content at DoctorsMangement Halfway through the first reporting year for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), some practices are only doing the bare minimum reporting to avoid a 2019 Medicare pay cut. But other groups, particularly larger groups,...
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Why Telemedicine Could Be The Next Frontier By Valora S. Gurganious, MBA, CHBC, Partner, and Senior Management Consultant Technology is ubiquitous in modern society, and just when we thought that computers could not replace the “human touch” of a healthcare provider, technology is making specialized care accessible to patients anywhere there is an internet connection....
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How To Properly Apply 5 Key Global Period Modifiers By Grant Huang, CPC, CPMA ,Director of Content at DoctorsManagement. CMS wants to eventually eliminate the global surgical package, but for now your physicians, coders, and billers must still comply with all of the bundling rules and modifier headaches that come with it. To help you...
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The Business of Medicine Newsletter - April 2017 Volume 5, Issue 5 May 2017 Inside the May issue: How taxes affect mortgage rates, what to expect from the ACA repeal with a modified bill passing in the House, CMS and HHS issue new rules under new leadership, and coding tips for using global period modifiers. Taxes and mortgages....
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CMS And HHS Issue First Rules Under New Leadership By Grant Huang, CPC, CPMA ,Director of Content at DoctorsManagement. As the two federal agencies that wield the greatest power over the healthcare industry, CMS and HHS have been making a quiet transition to new management for nearly three months. During that time, which included a...
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ACA Repeal Revived With Passage Of House Bill By Grant Huang, CPC, CPMA ,Director of Content at DoctorsManagement. House Republicans have resurrected their efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), making compromises to earn the votes of their more conservative members to pass the American Healthcare Act (AHCA) May 4. Republican members of the...
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