Citing cost and speed benefits, cloud computing experts say health care will soon follow other industries in assimilating cloud-based computing to store and maintain patient records and claims, reports American Medical News. This could mean big changes for coding and billing practices. (more…)
July 26th, 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is warning providers participating in the 2012 e-Prescribing (eRx) Group Practice Reporting Option (GPRO) incentive program of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) payment adjustments through 2014. Individual eligible providers who are not successful electronic prescribers can avoid the 2013-2014 payment adjustments by meeting reporting requirements during a specified reporting period.
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April 27th, 2012