Dr. Kevin Spencer, a physician that recently attested to meaningful use, provides three tips to make successfully attesting easier for other practices. According to Dr. Spencer, the key components to... Read More >
nbsp Physicians Incident-To Services. OIG will review physician billing for incident-to services to determine whether payment for such services had a higher error rate than non-incident-to services. Assess CMS s... Read More >
nbsp The opting out of Medicare by a physician applies to all items or services the physician or practitioner furnishes to Medicare beneficiaries regardless of the location where such items... Read More >
nbsp As managed care reimbursement continues to decline, physicians are looking at any way possible to level the playing field. This includes merging medical practices, selling the physician practice to... Read More >
nbsp How does a practice or any health care provider really know for sure it is receiving the correct reimbursement from its managed care payors? According to an informal polling... Read More >
nbsp Any expectations you have for a new Associate only works if you follow through with frequent valuations. However, I am often struck by how little attention senior doctors give... Read More >
From the Internal Revenue Service An Oct. webinar will explain the Affordable Care Act provision that requires some employers to report health care coverage on Form W- . Related links... Read More >
nbsp The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS yesterday launched a new initiative made possible by the Affordable Care Act to help primary care practices deliver higher quality,... Read More >
Optimizing Patient Experience with Efficient Appointment Management There is absolutely no substitute for the human touch of when a receptionist personally tells patients that a physician is running behind schedule.... Read More >
The Fall is here, and the Version transition deadline is now less than four months away As the January , deadline approaches, your transition should be well underway. There are... Read More >
nbsp Before considering any specific pay formula or plan, the initial stage of analysis for an organization should be a review of its compensation philosophy, and today many groups are... Read More >
If you could have a perfect day in your practice, what would that mean?? Is it having patients show up for appointments early, scheduling their follow-up visits and actually paying... Read More >
Merger processes involve a number of discrete yet inter-related steps. The general process is typically one of Getting comfortable with each other Understanding each others philosophy of practice Due Diligence... Read More >
nbsp Last month CMS announced that its five-year Physician Group Practice Demonstration has reduced costs and improved quality of care. The project was launched in April and formed the blueprint... Read More >
nbsp In this case, the th Circuit affirmed a District Court s finding that amounts received by the taxpayer for personal goodwill from the sale of his dental practice should... Read More >
nbsp As the deadline for filing extended tax year returns approaches, the IRS encourages small employers to verify whether they are eligible for the new Small Business Health Care Tax... Read More >
nbsp While there are benefits to be gained, there are also costs risks Putting a merger together requires a significant amount of time from both the physicians and their administrative... Read More >
Since I m up here in New York this week facilitating a merger between two orthopedic groups, this week s posts will revolve around practice mergers. When I talk to... Read More >
nbsp The Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative seeks to improve patient care through payment innovation that fosters improved coordination and quality through a patient-centered approach. The CMS Innovation Center... Read More >
nbsp Physicians with little enthusiasm for coding reviews of their practice become even less motivated when their perception is that the process does not always equate, due to a heavy... Read More >
There was a recent post on the LinkedIn Healthcare Executive Network discussion group entitled The Modern Practice Administrator in a Dynamic Healthcare Environment. The originator of the post asked What... Read More >
nbsp I recently ran across the following website http www.baudville.com ?home trifectanew They sell sets of pre-printed sticky notes for the busy practice administrator to use to give positive feedback... Read More >
nbsp Register for the National Testing Week, August , . Is your practice ready for implementation? I m finding most will be waiting to the last minute, which could be... Read More >
No matter how robust, no matter how many bells and whistles an EMR system has, efficient implementation and execution will not occur without a high degree of physician buy in.... Read More >
Employees, who don t feel connected to their work, engaged by their management or loyal to their organization are approximately less productive than their engaged counterparts. Employee engagement is hugely... Read More >
nbsp As the consolidation trend sweeps over the healthcare industry, many medical groups are considering strategic mergers with other groups in their region and or specialty. In our experience, many... Read More >
Building a Strong External Advisory Team for Your Medical Practice During my years in consulting, I have found that the successful medical practices out there are the ones that surround... Read More >
nbsp Insurance agent s Insurance is your indispensible first line of defense against a variety of exposures from malpractice to data breach and even traditional life and health. In many... Read More >
The Centers for Medicare amp Medicaid Services CMS announced that incentive payments for the Medicare Electronic Prescribing eRx Incentive Program has begun for eligible professionals who met the criteria for... Read More >
The IRS provided tips for taxpayers who have sold or are about to sell their principal residence. In general, sellers can exclude up to , of the gain , on... Read More >
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