The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program—Meaningful Use—requires that eligible providers participating in the incentive program successfully demonstrate meaningful use of the EHR system by reporting on a set of core and menu functional objectives to qualify for incentive payments of up to $44,000.
Coding Corner Question
April’s Coding Challenge
Coding Corner Answer
April’s Coding Answer
Documenting the Patient’s Story: Consider a Scribe
You probably prefer to spend less time documenting a patient visit and more time actually interacting with the patient, right? If so, you may want to consider hiring a scribe.
Practice Page: Cross-Train Staff to Improve Practice Management
Cross-training practice staff can enhance office functionality and ensure good customer service
Tips for Signature Requirements for CMS
In an effort to minimize medical fraud and abuse, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the signature guidelines for physicians and medical documentation.
Behind the Digital Door
Rheumatology practices work toward becoming “meaningful users” of EHRs
A View of Industry from the Inside
Rheumatologists with pharmaceutical careers discuss the path that led them to industry and the work they do
He Taught Us to Always Go Deeper
Eng Tan, MD, promotes translation from bench to bedside
ICD-9 Freeze and ICD-10 Code Update
Each year as a part of normal coding process, diagnostic codes are updated to reflect revised, new, and deleted codes through the CMS ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee. Diagnostic code changes and updates are based on information from vendors, physicians, or other health professionals that demonstrate a current code does not adequately describe a disease, sign, or symptom—or simply that the code is no longer appropriate for use.
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