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New Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about ICD-10 Implementation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has
posted two new frequently asked questions (FAQs) about ICD-10 national
provider teleconferences and the partial code freeze.
To access these FAQs, please visit the CMS ICD-10 web...
CMS announces policy, payment rate changes for the Physician Fee Schedule in 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) today issued a final rule with comment period
that updates payment policies and rates for physicians and
nonphysician practitioners (NPPs) for services paid...
EHR Integration Keeps The Cvikota Company Ahead of the Revenue Cycle Management Curve.
The explosion of Electronic Health Records (EHR) provides both challenges and opportunities for medical billing companies like The Cvikota Company. With many EHR systems diving into the waters of practice management and medical billing,...
2012 Physician Fee Schedule payment rates (and other changes)
The Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has
released the 2012 Medicare Physician Fee
Schedule (MPFS) rates final rule. The
...
Taxes and Spending Cuts
The House and Senate are taking vastly different approaches in how to "pay for" healthcare reform. Both bodies rely heavily on cuts in Medicare spending over the next 10 years but even those reductions will be insufficient to cover the...
WPS Medicare E/M Documentation Review
WPS Medicare recently reviewed medical documentation for E/M services billed by multiple specialties and procedure codes. They found multiple errors (up to 90%) including the following: no response to their request for documentation, the...
Congress Considering Longer-Term SGR Fix
House and Senate Democrats are purportedly working on a three- to five-year SGR “fix” as part of the so called tax extenders bill, H.R 4213, the "American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010."
The original SGR language in...
One Month Delay In Cut In Medicare Reimbursement Rates For Physicians
This afternoon (November
29, 2010), the House of Representatives, by voice vote, passed the bill, (HR
5712) that provides for a one month delay in the 23 percent cut in payment rates
that otherwise would have taken effect on December 1st....
AMA files suit against FTC over looming Red Flags Rule
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/ama-files-suit-against-ftc-over-looming-red-flags-rule
Healthcare IT News - 5/24/10 - Molly Merrill, Associate Editor http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/ama-files-suit-against-ftc-over-looming-red-flags-rule
CHICAGO – The American Medical Association and others filed suit
against the Federal...
FTC Extends Enforcement Deadline for Identity Theft Red Flags Rule
At the request of several Members
of Congress, the Federal Trade Commission is further delaying enforcement of the
"Red Flags" Rule through December 31, 2010, while Congress considers legislation
that would affect the scope of...
2010 Medicare Fee Schedule Update
The Continuing Extension Act of 2010, enacted on April 15, 2010, extended the zero percent (0%) update to the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) through May 31, 2010. At this time, Congress is debating the elimination of the negative update...
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