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Essential Guide to Implementing Chronic Care Management
Running a private medical practice can be challenging. Many physicians are stretched thin, balancing the desire to provide high-quality, personalized care with the financial realities of running a small to medium size business. Most physicians feel the pressure to see more patients just to keep up with rising costs, but that can lead to burnout…
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NEW REQUIREMENT FOR DEA-REGISTERED PRACTITIONERS
All healthcare professionals who are registered with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) are obligated to complete an eight-hour training on the treatment or management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders. This training requirement must be fulfilled before their initial or next scheduled DEA registration submission on or after June 27, 2023. To…
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Navigating Financial Challenges & Staffing Shortages in Healthcare
As a healthcare provider, you’re well aware of the financial challenges that come with providing quality care to your patients. In recent years, higher costs associated with treatment, increased demand, and staffing shortages have caused many healthcare organizations to look for alternative ways to reduce costs and optimize services.
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Use this Handy Chart to Help with Coding Prolonged Services
If you’re confused about which code to use for your Medicare and private payer patients — as well as how best to calculate at what point the service will require a prolonged services add-on code — check out the following chart. Remember: Per the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule, the Centers for Medicare…
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Know Payer Preferences for 2023 New Prolonged Service Codes
CMS, CPT® still split on when you can code for extra time. In the last few years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has changed how you’ll code prolonged services in more than one way. Things are getting tricky for prolonged service coding. CMS implemented more changes to prolonged service coding with the 2023…
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Telehealth Guidelines Post-Pandemic
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Telehealth’s Limits: Battle Over State Lines and Licensing Threatens Patients Options
If you live in one state, does it matter that the doctor treating you online is in another? Surprisingly, the answer is yes, and the ability to conduct certain virtual appointments may be nearing an end. Televisits for medical care took off during the worst days of the pandemic, quickly becoming commonplace. Most states and…
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Defining Patient Generated Health Data
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CMS Announces July 2015 Transition from IACS to EIDM
CMS The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would like to inform Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) participants and their staff to an important system update scheduled to be in place on July 13, 2015. The Individuals Authorized Access to CMS Computer Services (IACS) system will be retired, but current IACS user accounts will…
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CMS Announces Extension for EPs participating in PQRS via EHR and QCDR (QRDA III format)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pleased to announce that the submission deadlines for the PQRS reporting methods below have been extended. All other submission timeframes for other PQRS reporting methods remain the same. The revised submission timeframes are: Reporting Method Submission Period Submission Deadline Time (All Times are Eastern) EHR Direct…