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The Practice Management Weekly Digest: Successful Hiring Tips, Legal Advice on Contract Termination, and Putting Doctors on the Spot

Posted on November 29, 2013 By Michael Sculley

Medical Identity Theft: Recommendations for the Age of Electronic Medical Records. Stories of medical identity theft are cropping up with increasing frequency. This 22-page report from the California Attorney General’s office says providers should build awareness of the issue in their practices, m...

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ICD-10 Testing: Time to Get Real for Medical Billers

Posted on November 27, 2013 By Michael Sculley

As we get close to the end of the year, there are conflicting calls from various groups regarding ICD-10. Last week, the American Medical Association called for a delay, citing costs between $83,000 and $2.7 million per practice to implement. This week, the American Hospital Association warned that ...

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Is that Sound Ice Cracking or Opportunity Knocking for Medical Billing Services?

Posted on November 26, 2013 By Michael Sculley

One of the hardest tasks for small business owners is taking a step back to evaluate their business by looking at where the industry is, where it’s going, and where the opportunities are. So let’s take a moment to do just that. We’ll start with the fact that the outsourced billing sector is gr...

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Why You Don’t Have Enough Money in the Bank to Ride Out ICD-10

Posted on November 25, 2013 By Michael Sculley

There are a slew of reasons the ICD-10 transition is going to be highly disruptive, but the worst news is that even providers who do everything right are going to experience cash flow issues. Earlier this year, Mary Mosquera from Medical Practice Insider wrote a great article drilling down into the ...

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The Practice Management Weekly Digest: ICD-10 Crunch, EHR Worst Practices, and the Reference Pricing Debate

Posted on November 22, 2013 By Michael Sculley

Fine Tuning the National Healthcare IT Timeline In a blog post this week, well-known healthcare executive Dr. John Halamka says he’s seeing signs that even well-resourced medical centers will struggle to concurrently achieve Meaningful Use stage 2 attestation, ICD-10 go live, HIPAA Omnibus Rule re...

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These HIPAA Issues Can Trip You Up, or Worse, Land You in Court

Posted on November 20, 2013 By Michael Sculley

Understanding examples of HIPAA violations will help you avoid falling into similar scenarios. . In October, AHMC Healthcare in Alhambra, Calif., reported that health information on 729,000 patients was compromised due to the theft of two laptops. Last year, an Arizona physician agreed to pay $100,0...

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Why ICD-10 Will Rock Your World

Posted on November 18, 2013 By Michael Sculley

The oncoming transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 is mandatory. Understanding the reasons why will ease the pain for practices as they budget and plan for the changeover. Here are a few reasons why ICD-10 is a great transition. ICD-10 is more logical than ICD-9. According to CMS, the structure in I...

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The Practice Management Weekly Digest: Succeeding with EHR, Coding Changes, CAC Warnings

Posted on November 15, 2013 By Michael Sculley

This week’s PracticeSuite digest Smart planning helps practice succeed with EHR Dr. Daniel Goodman describes the business structures that must be in place to make the successful transition from paper records to electronic ones. Goodman’s initial hesitance against EHR systems was primaril...

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9 Reasons Your ICD-10 Transition Will Fail

Posted on November 13, 2013 By Michael Sculley

We’ve said it before, but it bears repeating—it’s time to plan for the ICD-10 transition next fall. Many practices are focused on other projects or putting off ICD-10 training until the deadline is closer. At this point, procrastinating may lead to an ICD-10 crisis next October. Here are nine ...

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Taking The Sting Out Of Immunization Coding

Posted on November 11, 2013 By Michael Sculley

There a couple of confusing things about immunization coding as it relates to medical billing. First, there are different codes for the vaccine and the administration. That’s because some vaccines are provided by states for children, and the physician is paid only for the administration. Sec...

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The Practice Management Weekly Digest: Successful Hiring Tips, Legal Advice on Contract Termination, and Putting Doctors on the Spot

ICD-10 Testing: Time to Get Real for Medical Billers

Is that Sound Ice Cracking or Opportunity Knocking for Medical Billing Services?

Why You Don’t Have Enough Money in the Bank to Ride Out ICD-10

The Practice Management Weekly Digest: ICD-10 Crunch, EHR Worst Practices, and the Reference Pricing Debate

These HIPAA Issues Can Trip You Up, or Worse, Land You in Court

Why ICD-10 Will Rock Your World

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