Dueling legislative approaches to overhaul the Medicare physician payment formula emerged this week. The new movement on the stubborn problem comes as the Congressional Budget Office revised the 10-year cost of fixing it down by more than 40%, to $138…
A component of the healthcare reform legislation mandated that primary care physicians would receive an increase in reimbursement for Medicaid primary care services rendered in 2013 and 2014. For primary care physicians, these services will increase to the Medicare rates…
Health information technology promoter, heal thyself, the American Hospital Association is telling the CMS concerning a claims processing flaw that the AHA says is preventing some physicians working with critical-access hospitals from receiving electronic health-record incentive payments under the American…
GEORGIA HOSPITAL HEALTH SERVICES, Inc. (GHHS), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Georgia Hospital Association, is proud to announce a strategic alliance with STRATEGIC HEALTHCARE PARTNERS (SHP). SHP provides various financial related services to over 30 community based hospitals and…
Proposed Medicare Fee Schedule for 2013 CMS has published their proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for 2013 and the final schedule will be posted in November 2012. The proposed fee schedule is 765 pages; therefore, please see below for…
In 2011, CMS introduced financial incentives for eligible professionals (EPs) who became meaningful users of electronic health records (EHRs). EPs who meet the Stage 1 meaningful use requirements in either 2011 or 2012 remain eligible to earn the maximum financial…
Care Improvement Plus (CIP) Medicare Advantage Plan, along with its parent organization, XLHealth, will be purchased by UnitedHealthcare (UHC) in mid 2012. CIP has announced that there will be no changes to its Medicare plans in 2012 and that they…
RazorInsights, which launched December 2010, is finding a tremendous response to ONE’s advanced functionality and customizable solutions. President of RazorInsights, Reed Liggin, R.Ph. MBA, agrees. “We are able to offer Rural and Critical Access hospitals tailor-made solutions that solve their…