Reimbursement and Coding Updated for 2011
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule on…
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Reimbursement and Coding Updated for 2011
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule on... -
Spotlight on Observation Care
Medicare claims for observation care rose from $828,000 in 2006 to more than $1.1 million in 2009.... -
Value-Based Care Movement Heads Toward the ED
Editor’s Note: This article is the third in a series looking at how quality-improvement and performance-reporting programs...
Spotlight on Observation Care
Medicare claims for observation care rose from $828,000 in 2006 to more than $1.1 million in 2009….
PQRI, CMS Core Measures Increase Pressure to Report
Some emergency physicians may perceive hospital quality-improvement initiatives as endeavors that were conceived primarily by academic types…
ACEP Ultrasound Guidelines Are Integral to HCA Initiative
Last month, HCA, the nation’s largest health care company, adopted a comprehensive program based on ACEP guidelines…
2010 Changes Impact EM Coding and Reimbursement
The American Medical Association’s annual update of the Current Procedural Terminology codes and descriptions was recently released….
ACEP Approves Fair Payment / Balance Billing Policies
The ACEP Board of Directors recently approved a new policy statement on fair payment and revised the…
New Year Brings Coding and Reimbursement Changes
Perhaps the best reimbursement news of the year for emergency physicians is found in the 2009 Medicare…
Value-Based Care Movement Heads Toward the ED
Editor’s Note: This article is the third in a series looking at how quality-improvement and performance-reporting programs…