By Amanda Patanow on
12/27/2009
The Senate passed a sweeping healthcare reform bill Thursday morning by a 60-39 margin, all but ensuring that President Barack Obama will get one of his legislative priorities written into law in early 2010.
The Senate bill must now be reconciled with the House version, which was passed earlier this fall. When those differences are resolved, a final vote of approval from Congress is all that stands in the way of the President's signature enacting the bill into law.
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By Amanda Patanow on
12/27/2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is working with Congress, health care providers, and the beneficiary community to avoid disruption in the delivery of health care services and payment of claims for physicians, non-physician practitioners, and other providers of services paid under the Medicare physician fee schedule, beginning January 1, 2010. In this regard, CMS has instructed its contractors to hold claims for services paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for up to the first 10 business days of January (January 1 through January 15) for 2010 dates of service.
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By Amanda Patanow on
12/13/2009
Paying for Your Electronic Medical Records Just Got Easier.
Certified EHR Software + Deduct purchase with Tax Section 179 + Federal EMR Stimulus = An EMR that will save you money and time.
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By Amanda Patanow on
12/13/2009
The end of the year is upon us, and that can only mean one thing. Everyone is looking forward to the joys of turkey dinners and holiday festivities. However, for most of us that run or own businesses, the end of the year means we have to start thinking about taxes.
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By Amanda Patanow on
12/6/2009
Beginning January 1, 2010, CMS will eliminate all consultation codes (except those used for telehealth). They will be replaced using the following mapping guidelines.
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By Amanda Patanow on
12/6/2009
The new Medicare Part B fee schedule for 2010 is encouraging doctors to adopt EHRs by, for the first time, allowing practices to use real clinical data from EHRs and e-prescribing systems to report quality measures for the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and e-prescribing incentive programs. The change, according to CMS, is "to promote adoption and use of electronic health records and to provide both eligible professionals and CMS with experience on EHR-based reporting."
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