NEW RULES: the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released final rules for the 2013 Medicare Physician…
Reimbursement and Coding
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NEW RULES: the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released final rules for the 2013 Medicare Physician... -
Physician value-based payment modifier starts in 2015
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implement a... -
Sign Up Now for 2012 PQRS MOC Incentive Program
Physicians may be eligible for an extra incentive payment for participating in a PQRS-approved Maintenance of Certification...
Physician value-based payment modifier starts in 2015
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implement a…
Sign Up Now for 2012 PQRS MOC Incentive Program
Physicians may be eligible for an extra incentive payment for participating in a PQRS-approved Maintenance of Certification…
Reimbursement and Coding Updated for 2012
Emergency medicine will see a very small decrease in our overall RVU values On Nov. 1, 2011,…
Emergency Care Exempted From Balance Billing Ban
The fraying safety net of emergency medicine received a reprieve recently, largely due to several ACEP members…
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….
Payment for ECG Interpretations: ACEP Finalizes Settlement
ACEP, as a signatory society in the medical societies’ class settlement with Humana, has finalized an agreement…
ACEP Elects Next President, Other Leaders
Dr. David Seaberg was chosen president-elect during the annual ACEP Council meeting in late September in conjunction…
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…