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Corrected deadlines: Time running out to meet meaningful use requirements

Physicians participating in the electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use program have limited time to meet requirements as attestation deadlines fast approach. Meanwhile, the majority of physicians are struggling to successfully participate in the program.

Medicare & Medicaid
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2 Min Read

Get exclusive sneak preview of AMA-sponsored PBS documentary

Attendees of the 2014 AMA Interim Meeting will enjoy a sneak preview of "Rx: Hope for Health Care in the U.S.: How frontline innovators are creating dramatically higher-value health care solutions" looks beyond technology and medicine, and explores a health care model focused on medicine’s fundamental mission to promote health, prevent sickness and help people live long, productive lives.

Payment & Delivery Models
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Time running out to meet meaningful use requirements

Physicians participating in the electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use program have limited time to meet requirements as attestation deadlines fast approach. Meanwhile, the majority of physicians are struggling to successfully participate in the program.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Footing bill for insurers' pay methods shouldn't fall on doctors

An increasingly common payment method among health insurers offers these companies significant financial rewards while sticking physicians with all the associated fees and extra work.

Claims Processing
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Rule offers meaningful use program changes, but not enough

A final rule published last week by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implements a proposal giving more options to physicians trying to meet electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use requirements this year.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Will your ICD-10 claims be accepted? CMS designates testing weeks

A year ahead of the Oct. 1, 2015, compliance deadline for implementing the ICD-10 code set, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced three weeks that will be dedicated to helping physicians test whether their claims will be accepted in the Medicare claims processing system.

Claims Processing
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Physicians call for changes to Medicare payment policy proposals

New proposed rules from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would impact many aspects of physician payment and federal regulatory programs, but many of these changes are not for the better. In a letter sent last week, the AMA urged the agency to make revisions to avoid negative effects on physicians and patients.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Don't delay needed code updates, physicians tell CMS

A new timeline the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to implement for reviewing new, revised and potentially misvalued services could significantly slow the timeframe for implementing important CPT® code updates and changes to the values of physician services.

CPT®
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How physicians are rethinking care delivery

The way care is delivered can have drastic effects on patients’ health, even in the treatment of the same illness. One physician shares her experience in the differences between fee-for-service and value-based care, and how these differences have directly affected her patients’ health outcomes.

Payment & Delivery Models