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Important Information on the Timely Claims Filing Requirement
Submitted by sblevins on Thu, 12/09/2010 - 11:50am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would like to remind Medicare Fee-For-Service physicians, providers, and suppliers submitting claims to Medicare for payment that, as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
SGR Fix could be sustained beyond January 1, 2011 for one year
Submitted by sblevins on Thu, 12/09/2010 - 11:36am
The Senate yesterday approved, by unanimous consent, legislation necessary to prevent the scheduled 25% SGR related cut from occurring on January 1, 2011. The legislation would impose a one-year freeze on the Medicare conversion factor for 2011, effe
HealthPort sells
Submitted by sblevins on Tue, 11/30/2010 - 10:09am
HealthPort announces that it is selling its entire Practice Management, Electronic Health Records, and Revenue Cycle Management software operations, which is located in Columbia, SC, to a foreign company. The impact on the 800+ physician practices using HealthPort is unknown.
Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and Laboratory Services 2011 Annual Update
Submitted by sblevins on Tue, 11/30/2010 - 9:52am
In accordance with Section 1833(h)(2)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act (the Act), as amended by Section 628 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003, and further amended by Section 3401 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010, the annual update to the local clinic
CMS to require Physician and NPP signatures on Laboratory Requisitions effective January 1, 2011
Submitted by sblevins on Tue, 11/30/2010 - 9:47am
The CMS current policy is a Physician’s signature is not required on a requisition for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests paid on the basis of the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS). This is not to suggest that the Medical Record does not include documentation of an order signed by the physician treating the beneficiary.
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