Congress and President Obama have returned to Washington to determine the outcome of several pressing issues: whether to extend the expiring tax cuts from the Bush administration, whether to stall a huge cut in physician payments under Medicare and how…
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Three years ago, Keith Smith, MD, co-founder and managing partner of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma, posted a list of prices for 112 common surgical procedures performed at the surgery center, according to a Reason.com report.
Healthcare reform and technological advances constantly add new tasks for ambulatory surgery center billers and coders and make compliance a challenge.
The Blues Plans are the leading payor most often for physicians by total dollars collected, according to the Medscape Insurer Ratings Report 2011. The Blues Plans have market penetration in nearly every state, according to the report. Here are the…
Here are several ways to improve clinical documentation improvement and limit the burden created by ICD-10 implementation, including getting physicians more involved, according to PhysBizTech.
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A study from BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making surveyed Boston physicians about managing their EHR systems and found the problem list to be the most controversial element, according to EHR Intelligence.
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Practice management software may help physicians replace redundant documentation and streamline non-clinical operations and should be considered as an alternative resource, according to Med City News.
Nurses and physician assistants are an integral part of a successful electronic health record implementation, according to EHR Intelligence.
A survey from MetLife found that the national average for long-term healthcare rates increased from last year in all categories except for home health aides and adult day services, according to Healthcare Finance News.