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CMS Lifts Hold On Claims Processing
According to the CMS web site: On March 2, 2010, President Obama signed into law the “Temporary Extension Act of 2010.” Among other things, this law extends through March 31, 2010, the zero percent...
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CMS Delays PECOS Phase II Implementation Date
CMS has recently issued a statement that it will NOT implement Phase 2 of PECOS on July 5th, as was originally published (point of reference: during Phase I, which is currently underway, claims will...
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Government Incentivizes EMR Adoption
Reposted from www.medicbilling.com, October 2009 On February 17, 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was signed into law, committing $19.2 billion to healthcare information...
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Think That You Are Ineligible For Stimulus Funds??? Check Here!
As the timing ticks away for practices to select, implement and meaningfully use a certified EHR so as to take advantage of the maximum ARRA EHR stimulus rebate, perhaps the most pressing question...
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Can Your Practice Discount Self-Pay Patients?
Recently, an issue arose dealing with a practice’s ability to offer a discount exclusively to self-pay patients. Following the old educational philosophy that if one person has the question then the...
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Vaccine Coverage Reminder… What Do Medicare Preventative Services Cover?
MEDIC wants to remind its providers that the following vaccines are the only ones that are automatically covered under Medicare’s preventative services: The flu vaccine is covered on an annual basis,...
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Multiple Fee Schedules – Good or Bad?
A client recently asked M.E.D.I.C., Inc. about the legality and viability of implementing multiple fee schedules – each tailored to a specific carrier allowable, so as to reduce the appearance...
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