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01/06/2014
A long-awaited switch to the ICD-10 code set, increased requirements to avoid Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) penalties and implementation of Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions will tax practice resources in 2014.
01/06/2014
For the first three months of 2014, your Medicare physician conversion factor will increase 5.3%, CMS announced in an email Dec. 27. The conversion factor is $35.8228 starting Jan. 1, compared with $34.0230 in 2013. However, previously announced changes to relative value units (RVUs) will keep most of your fees flat, DecisionHealth analysis shows.
01/06/2014
If you plan to report a surgical or medical procedure on the same date as a transitional care management (TCM) code (99495-99496), check first to see whether the TCM codes are bundled or you may face denial of the 30-day service code.
 
01/06/2014
Now that our experts have shared their predictions for the biggest things they expect to see happen in health care in 2014, let’s go back and see how Part B News did with its predictions for 2013.
01/06/2014
Practices will take ICD-10 preparations more seriously in 2014 as the implementation date of Oct. 1 draws near, results from a Part B News predictions survey show.
01/03/2014
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) expands the electronic health records (EHR) donation safe harbor, CMS moves to fine or expel "recalcitrant providers" and more. 

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