CMS’s New CDSM Mandate & How it Can Affect Your Revenue
According to “Will your Medicare reimbursement survive CMS’s new CDSM mandate?” from MedCity News,...
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According to “Will your Medicare reimbursement survive CMS’s new CDSM mandate?” from MedCity News,...
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According to a July 2021 study published by the University of Chicago’s Becker Friedman Institute for Economics, “A Denial a Day Keeps the Doctor Away,” both the costs for collecting claims and the rates of claim denial are...
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Almost 70% of US physicians now work as employees of a hospital, health system, or private...
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Completing your residency is a monumental accomplishment for aspiring physicians. After years of...
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You know the problem, join the solution Burnout is a problem that plagued healthcare professionals long before the Covid-19 pandemic, but there is no doubt that the pandemic was, and is, a tipping point for many physicians....
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Arianna Huffington says breakdowns can serve a purpose Entrepreneur and businesswomen Arianna Huffington told doctors that stability in business and in life requires time to breathe. While money and status make up two legs of...
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According to a March 2021 release by InstaMed, “Trends in Healthcare Payments Eleventh Annual Report: 2020,” payer trends in healthcare payments have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic compared with previous years....
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For those family physicians who have a solo practice, managing finances can feel like a chore – a chore that goes undone for months. If you are not paying attention to where your money is going and how much, you could be in big...
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The COVID-19 crisis has put many practices under great stress as far as payments as patients lose insurance coverage or cannot cover bills. However, it is essential to remember that the underlying principles in these situations...
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This study focuses on The COVID-19 pandemic has carried remarkable difficulties to giving...
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Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has proven to be a solid solution for helping seniors age in place without consistent trips to the doctor’s office, clinic, or emergency room. The COVID era has increased demand for the deployment...
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Low risk, high benefit an argument for broader implementation After ambulatory cancer surgery,...
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System from Stanford helps extract and organize scanned referral records, saving time for clinicians The electronic health record (EHR): Love it or hate it, it’s here to stay, but it’s a time suck. A clinician easily devotes 62%...
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Q: My patient who had a lobectomy 2 years ago for a lung abscess recovered well. She mentioned feeling short of breath when required to do more strenuous activities but that she could deal with it if she rested. She never...
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If a patient is also a friend, you can give them a personal gift, but if you are considering general gifting, then you need to bear two laws in mind: the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) Law, which...
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Latest AMA survey findings shifting landscape for direct patient care physicians Private medical practices, once exalted as the mainstay of American medicine, may soon join typewriters and landlines as retro emblems, if results...
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New rule would fund residencies, require thorough reporting on immunizations and health surveillance The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule designed to support health care workers in rural...
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Maintaining trust in health care requires legislation geared towards privacy protections A position paper from the American College of Physicians (ACP) called for legislation to shore up privacy protections for personal health...
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Not even Covid-19 could cut through the red-tape CHICAGO — Not even the pressing public health crisis brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic could reduce what many physicians claim is the leading impediment to delivery of...
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Q: I do small hand surgeries in my office. I only use local anesthesia for these. The patient will generally then be in a soft dressing or a short splint. There will also be some numbness. I have not had any restrictions up...
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