As healthcare practices transition to ICD-10, they may be talking to software vendors about installing a certified electronic health record system to qualify for EHR incentives, according to The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the Medicare 2013 final rule, and ambulatory surgery center payment rates will increase by 0.6 percent, down from the 1.3 percent update in the proposed rule.
Augusta, Ga.-based billing company Medac is opening its third campus at the end of the month and adding 60 to 70 full-time employees, according to The Augusta Chronicle.
Healthcare fraud detection relies on complex algorithms to detect outliers in claims data, but ICD-10 may challenge these algorithms and render them less efficient, according to EHR Intelligence.
Two SSM hospitals, St. Mary's Health Center and DePaul Health Center, have been approved for bundled payment pilot programs by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, according to The St. Louis American.
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Many physicians are reluctant to embrace the switchover to ICD-10, but they must still look for ways to make it work, according to Healthcare Finance News.
To be properly reimbursed under a population health-based care system, healthcare providers and coders are going to have to be able to accurately define how sick their population is, according to Health Leaders Media.
As healthcare providers prepare to implement ICD-10, they can learn from other countries, including Canada, which has already implemented the classification system, according to EHR Intelligence.
Physicians should be able to quickly see electronic health records improve their practices, according to American Medical News.
A new report shows uncertainty about Medicare sustainable growth rate payment cuts has kept physicians from participating in new payment and delivery methods, according to Healthcare Finance News.