Emergency Department Visits Increasing, ACEP Poll Shows
Three-quarters of emergency physicians report that emergency visits are going up, according to a new poll [PDF]….
Reimbursement and Coding
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Emergency Department Visits Increasing, ACEP Poll Shows
Three-quarters of emergency physicians report that emergency visits are going up, according to a new poll [PDF].... -
Medicaid Access Improves When Physician Pay Increases
Increasing Medicaid payments leads to better physician access for patients enrolled in Medicaid, according to a study... -
Congress Repeals the SGR
After 17 temporary fixes and years of tireless efforts on the part of many of ACEP members,...
Medicaid Access Improves When Physician Pay Increases
Increasing Medicaid payments leads to better physician access for patients enrolled in Medicaid, according to a study…
Congress Repeals the SGR
After 17 temporary fixes and years of tireless efforts on the part of many of ACEP members,…
Top Billing Doctors Receive Medicare Reimbursements for Unnecessary Procedures
The physicians who receive the most in Medicare payments are often surgeons who perform possibly unnecessary procedures…
Medicaid Expansion to Continue in Arkansas
New Arkansas Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson’s push to maintain the private option approach to Medicaid expansion championed…
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Releases Fee Schedule for 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule…
Prevent Loss of RVUs, Reduced Physician Compensation by Properly Documenting Evaluation and Management Services in the Emergency Department
An interview with reimbursement and coding expert Michael Granovsky, MD, CPC, FACEP When it comes to compensation,…
CMS and Maryland Enter into Accountable Care Agreement
Maryland shifts its hospitals from fee-for-service to pay-for-performance payment model; expenditures-per-capita system estimated to save Medicare $330…
Medicare Audits Create More Headaches, Delays for Medical Billing
Emergency physicians and hospitals increasingly frustrated with length of audit process, delayed reimbursement on successfully appealed claims…
ACEP Now Features on Two-Midnight Rule, Pregnancy and Clots Useful to Emergency Physicians
Articles address impact of hospital patient admission rule on emergency medicine, prevalence and risk of VTE disease…