Practice Management Resources
Marketing 101 for Physician Practices
"How to Market Your Practice"
- from the Middlesex County Annual Meeting
Practice Management
Affordable Care Act Expands Medicare Coverage for Prevention and Wellness
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) adds coverage for a new "Wellness Visit" and eliminates cost-sharing for almost all of the preventive services covered by Medicare,
effective January 1, 2011. Read more about the changes in preventive care coverage
by Medicare. For more information about coding the Medicare annual wellness, visit the CMS website.
Highmark Medicare Services updates several of their Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs) and Billing Articles
Read more.
“Get Ready” for Version 5010
- In January, the health care industry will have less than a year left to prepare for the Version 5010 transaction set change on January 1, 2012. To assist with compliance, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is supporting an education effort, “Get Ready 5010,” that will kick off with a series of free webinars between January 11th and 13th.
- The “Get Ready 5010” initiative is supported by a broad group of healthcare industry stakeholders representing providers, payers, government, and vendors who are coordinating their efforts to support a smooth and timely transition to Version 5010.
- Read more and register online today.
Documenting the Review of Systems
Statistics show the history portion of an Evaluation & Management visit is most often under-documented and upon payer audit, most often the cause for down coding of your E&M services by various payers. Read more for a Q&A session that will assist practice managers and physicians when capturing the Review of Systems.
Practice Managers Resources
Educational Opportunities
If you missed the February 8 webinar, "Working With Advanced Practice Professionals," presented by Alice Gosfield, Esq., tune into the
archived version for free. Registration required, but the webinar is free to members.