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08/17/2015
Make sure enrollment data on your providers’ locations and licensure are airtight: The GAO put HHS on notice that CMS has holes in its enforcement of enrollment standards, and the Medicare agency says it’s on the case.
08/17/2015
Exert a little effort without being intrusive to get your patients to make online reviews about your physicians and you could reap the rewards by recruiting new patients.
08/17/2015
Your practice might be losing out on a new payment for screening human papillomavirus (HPV) if you’re part of the trend of declining Pap smear test administration.
08/17/2015
Get up to speed on human papillomavirus (HPV) testing and pathology to take advantage of Medicare’s latest covered benefit for which you’ll likely need to provide some education to your patients.
08/17/2015
You’ll need to count all of your practitioners to determine whether your practice will be subject to the 2% or 4% value-modifier adjustment in 2018, CMS clarified during an open door call on quality reporting requirements in the proposed 2016 Medicare physician fee schedule.
08/17/2015
A new national coverage determination (NCD) and a new law should make it easier for you to get Medicare to pay for speech-generation devices for your patients.
08/17/2015
Question: Our contractor denied our transitional care management (TCM) claim (99495) on the grounds that the patient was an inpatient at the time of the claim. He’d been readmitted to the hospital during the 30 days of TCM. What can we do?

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