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08/24/2015

Pay attention to where your outpatient services are provided because starting Jan. 1, you’ll have a new place-of-service (POS) code for services rendered at outpatient settings that are not part of the main hospital campus. 

 
08/24/2015

A new law requires that hospitals fully inform patients who spend more than a day in observation without being admitted as an inpatient of some drawbacks to the status, including obstacles to Medicare payment for subsequent skilled nursing facility (SNF) stays.

08/24/2015

Build a transitional care management (TCM) workflow tool into your electronic health record (EHR) and simplify the process of capturing needed documentation — as well as the resulting payment.

08/24/2015

Give patients more electronic means of registering and you can save time and money — but make sure their data make it to the electronic health record (EHR).

08/24/2015

Question: A patient says he doesn’t want us to file his visit with his insurance and wants to pay out of pocket. Can we do that?

Answer: Yes. In fact, you have to, according to the HIPAA mega-rule, but only if the patient pays in full...

 
08/24/2015

Established patient E/M claims with a place of service (POS) of 22 (Outpatient hospital) rose faster from 2009 to 2013 than claims made for services in the doctor’s office (11), according to Medicare data.

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.

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