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2017 MEDICARE PARTS A & B PREMIUMS AND DEDUCTIBLES ANNOUNCED
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the 2017 premiums for the Medicare inpatient hospital (Part A) and physician and outpatient hospital services (Part B) programs.
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Quality: The Monster of MIPS
I think it's time to finally tackle the part of MIPS that I've been avoiding. It's the category that Dr. Ketchersid deemed the overnight MACRA sensation due to its large impact on your MIPS score. It's also arguably one of the more confusing categori...
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Global period, key changes in 2017 fee schedule final rule
There are fewer reporting requirements in the 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule, thanks to CMS significantly relaxing its global surgical period reporting requirement, according to an exclusive analysis by The Business of Medicine...
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3 ways to satisfy MIPS reporting in 2017
You have several options to guarantee that your Medicare payments won't take a hit in 2019 under the new Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), according to an exclusive analysis of the MIPS final rule by The Business of Medicine.
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HBMA Conference Review
Recently, Melissa Gilchrist from our company attended the 2016 Healthcare Billing and Management Association (HBMA) Healthcare Revenue Cycle conference in Atlanta, GA.
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MIPS Tip Tuesday
Did you know that not all clinical practice improvement activities (CPIAs) are treated equally
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Revenue Cycle 101: Online Carrier Access
We should all be utilizing carriers' online accesses. But the reality is that there are a large number of small to mid-sized practices that are not utilizing this free resource
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