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- March 26, 2014
CMS Regions 5-8 Open Payments Webinar
Read moreDear Associations, Medical Societies, Physicians, Practitioners, and Practice Managers, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) invites you to attend the Open Payments Webinar on Wednesday, April 16, 2014, from 12:00-1:00pm CDT (11:00am-12:00pm MDT). Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act) is a program that increases public awareness of...
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SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions- News & Updates
Read moreThe Magnificent Seven: Trainings for the Entire Integrated Care Team Your integrated care team may include professionals from primary care, mental health, and substance use; to work together, they must understand how each sector works and what it takes to successfully integrate primary and behavioral healthcare. The SAMHSA-HRSA Center...
- March 26, 2014
Affordable Care Act Grace Period Information
Read moreTo learn more about how the ACA grace period will affect providers, read “5 Pointers on ‘Grace Period’ Patients” by clicking here.
- March 26, 2014
Lean Six Sigma Training for Healthcare
Read moreExcellence In Healthcare Delivery Lean Six Sigma Excellence in healthcare delivery means helping improve patient outcomes while driving down the cost of patient care! Apply the concepts of continuous improvement to create and sustain a more productive, efficient and cost effective healthcare delivery organization. Become Black Belt Certified! The...
- March 26, 2014
Will New Rules to Prevent Narrowing of Networks Drive Away Payers?
Read moreHealthcare providers have raised alarms over narrow provider networks in the public health insurance exchanges, but Moody’s Investors Service says proposed rules to open up the networks could drive health plans to drop out of the new market. Proposed federal rules that would limit the ability of health plans...
- March 26, 2014
New Revenue Projections Released in Advance of Budget Bill
Read moreEconomists delivered new projections to the legislature’s budget committee last week in advance of the introduction of the budget bill for fiscal year 2014-15. Revenues have rebounded solidly since the Great Recession, and the state expects a surplus of $257 million this fiscal year, and more than double that...
- March 26, 2014
Update on the Doc Fix
Read moreFrom the National Rural Health Association (NRHA): Early this morning the House Rules Committee posted a bill that would delay all scheduled cuts under the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) for 12 months. In addition to the delay in SGR cuts, the bill includes a number of rural Medicare extenders...
- March 20, 2014
Medicare Part B- POE Advisory Group Meeting Minutes
Read moreJH Part B Provider Outreach and Education (POE) Advisory Group (AG) Meeting Minutes 2/20/2014 The Jurisdiction H Part B Provider Outreach and Education (POE) Advisory Group (AG) Meeting Minutes for 2-20-2014 are now available for your review here.
- March 20, 2014
Medicare Part A- POE Advisory Group Meeting Minutes
Read moreJH Part A Provider Outreach and Education (POE) Advisory Group (AG) Meeting Minutes 2/20/2014 The Jurisdiction H Part A Provider Outreach and Education (POE) Advisory Group (AG) Meeting Minutes for 2-20-2014 are now available for your review here.
- March 20, 2014
Therapy Threshold Cap
Read moreRelease of Therapy Threshold Cap claims effective 2/28/2014 Late Development of Therapy Threshold Cap Additional Development Requests (ADR’s) CMS provided direction that February 28 is the last day a MAC may send Pre-Payment ADRs for the Recovery Auditor Prepayment Review Demonstration. Due to the timing of system processing for...
