Medicare’s Physician Compare Update
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 >
Some thoughts on year end tax planning
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 >
Physician Fee Schedule Final Policy, Payment, and Quality Provisions for CY 2018
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 >
Medicare’s Physician Compare Preview Period Extended to December 1
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 >
Free Webinar – The Other Face of HIPAA Compliance
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 >
Gaining From Mandatory Compliance Program For Your Physician Practice
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 2018 Qualified Retirement Plan Amounts/Social Security Wage Base Increases
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 >
Dear Doctor – Manage Your Online Reputation!
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 >
Cardiology practice settles 60-Day Overpayment case under the False Claims Act
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 >
Money Talks: 10 Steps to Financial Harmony
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 >
2016 Annual QRURs Webcast โ October 19th
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 >
Medical Residents Not Exempt from FICA Taxes
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 >
If you die, can your estate hire a locum tenens to see the patients?
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 >
Have you Thought about Retirement Planning Lately?
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 >
CMS Announces MIPS Milestone
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 >
Do you use Modifier AI when billing Medicare?
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 >
Did you get sucked in to the Equifax data breach?
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 >
PQRS 2016 Annual QRURs Webcast โ October 19
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 >
Payments to Corporate Officer Subject to Employment Taxes
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 >
CMS Reveals New Medicare Card Design
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 >
2016 PQRS Feedback Reports and Annual QRURs Available
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 >
Accuracy Matters – Top CPT Modifiers of Concern Medicare
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 >
2018 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Downward Payment Adjustment Notification Coming Soon
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 >
Ex-IT Worker Gets 2.25 Years For Clinic Hack
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 >
General billing questions – Medicare inpatient visits
nbsp What does the physician bill when admitting a patient as an inpatient from observation? Medicare payment for the initial hospital visit includes all services provided to the patient on... Read More >
Piecemeal physician practice consolidation hampers antitrust intervention
From Becker s Hospital Review Physician practice consolidation evades federal agencies attempts to address antitrust concerns because it occurs largely through small acquisitions or individual hires, according to a study... Read More >
Ultrasound Services Company Was a Personal Service Corp
A husband and wife owned a C corporation that provided ultrasound services to medical offices and clinics throughout southern Colorado. For the years at issue, the corporation calculated its tax... Read More >
Medicare claim submission/reason code errors for July 2017 by Novitas
nbsp Explanation of Medicare Benefits Message Description Resolution Non-covered charge. Prior to performing or billing a service, ensure that the service is covered under Medicare. Please refer to the Centers... Read More >
Do you have business interruption service in place
nbsp From Physician News Digest Torrential rains flood a city and force a hospital to evacuate all patients and shut down for a week. An internist cannot get to her... Read More >
MGMA Survey – Practices fall short on customer service
From FierceHealthcare www.fiercehealthcare.com Staff at physician practices could benefit from a little more customer service training, leaders say. The Medical Group Management Association polled practice leaders and nearly half said... Read More >
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