April 2015 is the month the dreadful OIG Meaningful Use audits commenced. These audits are different than the ones conducted by Figliozzi & Company, the outside audit contractor of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Unlike the Figliozzi audits, which cover MU attestation for a single Meaningful Use reporting period, the OIG audits cover incentive Read more…
SGR Repealed– What does that mean for you?
What a happy month April has been. First, CMS announced the simplification of the Meaningful Use program, and then, after 18 years of haggling over it, both Senate and Congress passed the SGR repeal Bill (signed into law by Obama yesterday). If you have been living under a rock and don’t know what the bill is about, Read more…
Good News for Physicians: Meaningful Use Stage 1 and Stage 2 has been simplified
Last Friday, April 10, was a good day. In a welcome yet delayed move, CMS finally announced its proposed rule to simplify its Meaningful Use program. While many Healthcare pundits are praising CMS for its sensitivity to physician concerns, I believe this decision had more to do with rescuing the program from its imminent failure-as Read more…
Road to ICD-10 FAQs
In CureMD’s Road to ICD-10 series we received a number of questions from our participants- so many in fact that we decided to address them in a separate blog post. Read on to find answers to all your ICD-10 related queries. Don’t see an answer to your question? Post it in our comments section below and we Read more…
Are You Ready for #HIMSSanity?
The Oscars of Health IT, as my boss likes to call it, is less than a week away. I personally believe that HIMSS is more like the Golden Globes; you actually get to party while working and networking with your peers, rather than be suffocated by the air of formality which seems prevalent at the Read more…
The Shakespearean World of ICD-10 Mental Disorders
William Shakespeare’s works are known for their universality. His plays and characters are relatable to every time and age. These plays reflect the depravity of society that manifests in the form of human mental disorders including psychopathology. The symptoms and mental conditions displayed by Shakespeare’s famous characters are discussed in DSM V (Diagnostic and Statistical Read more…
Increase Your Patient Collections
Consider how a patient feels when they can’t pay your statement. Most will attempt to avoid your reminders and phone calls, and might avoid coming back to your practice altogether. So not only have you not collected what you’re owed, but you’ve also lost the patient. Having a patient friendly collections process for your patients is essential Read more…
MU Stage 3- Did the CMS finally get it right?
Stage 3 of Meaningful Use is expected to be the final stage. It incorporates major portions of prior stages while introducing many new challenges. What else does this 300-page document contain in its fine print? CureMD investigates to make it simple for you. The March 20th announcement of the proposed Meaningful Use Stage 3 rule by the Centers Read more…
CMS issues Stage 3 rules for EHR incentive program
BREAKING: CMS issues draft Stage 3 rules for EHR incentive program CMS issued regulations on Friday for the third and final stage of the Federal incentive program, which requires doctors and hospitals to adopt and meaningfully use Electronic Health Records (EHRs). With some exceptions, hospitals, physicians and other eligible professionals would be expected to conform to Read more…
ICD-10 Transition: How to spend the next 28 weeks?
They did it once, what’s the guarantee that they won’t do it again? Like many physicians, I have asked myself the same question while contemplating ICD-10. Is it worth spending so much time and money in preparing for a transition that has not taken place for the last three years? While contemplation is not a Read more…