Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have announced a new date for Meaningful Use attestation deadline. Eligible professionals (EPs), participating in the Medicare incentive program (only), now have time till March 20, 2015 to attest for Meaningful Use rather than the previous deadline of February 28, 2015. This relaxation is intended to bring relief Read more…
Archives for February 2015
The Most Bizarre ICD-10 Codes (Infographic)
By now everyone in the healthcare products industry knows that ICD-10 is an unavoidable fact. It is a sword of Damocles hanging over every physician’s head. The ICD-10 implement deadline has started to sound more like D-Day for the healthcare practitioners. However, not everything is as frightening as it appears to be. Humor is the Read more…
Don’t Lose Your Revenue to Patient Collections
This is the second article in a series of ‘Billing Issues’ that practices around the nation are facing. The healthcare industry has gone through significant changes over the past decade, including an increase in deductibles, which has effected payment collections. In the midst of these changes, keeping a steady cash flow for a practitioner is Read more…
EHR Breakups: A heartbreak for Practices
With the new Meaningful Use 2 (MU2) requirements catching many EHR vendors unawares, it may be time to look for an EHR vendor who is always ahead of the curve. According to a report by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), as of November 2014 only 2% of eligible professionals had attested to Read more…