The Value-Based Payment Modifier
The Affordable Care Act requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a budget neutral payment modifier to provide differential payment to providers based on the cost and…
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Payments for Services Provided During the Three-Day Window
CMS proposes to pay for physician services using the facility (vs. non-facility) rate for the physician component of diagnostic services and for nondiagnostic services that are: 1) performed in the…
Read More Outpatient Prospective Payment System Pricer Update
The Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Pricer webpage has been updated with new payment files for the 2011 Update to the OPPS, as specified in Change Request #7443. If you…
Read More Tobacco-Use Cessation Counseling Services Brochure Revised
The Tobacco-Use Cessation Counseling Services brochure – which is designed to provide education on tobacco-use cessation counseling services – has been updated and is now available in downloadable format, free…
Read More HHS launches new patient safety initiative
On April 12th, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a new patient safety initiative entitled, “Partnership for Patients: Better Care, Lower Costs.” AMA’s President, Cecil Wilson, MD,…
Read More Try the Meaningful Use Attestation Calculator
CMS has launched a new attestation resource for the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program All eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) participating in the…
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AMA Announces New Initiatives
Three initiatives are leading physicians into the future By AMA President Ardis Dee Hoven, MD Although my time as AMA president begins to wind down, I’m looking toward the future.…
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PCMS Delegation heads to Hershey for HOD (October 24 and 25, 2015
PCMS Delegation heads to Hershey for State Medical Society Annual Business Meeting, Oct 24 and Oct 25, 2015 MMJ, LGBT health care disparities, and vaccination access on list to be…
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