The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has announced a series of new voluntary payment models and are seeking facilities and organizations interested in participating to submit an…

…companies in exchange for implementing clinical decision support (CDS) alerts in its EHR software designed to increase prescriptions for their drug products. The CDS alerts that Practice Fusion agreed…

…patients, so it is important that there are no weak links that might compromise everyone else’s data. The software would help ensure that hackers cannot attack the physician’s computers….

…utilization declines and the rate of recovery. To read the full report, click here: https://aspe.hhs.gov/system/files/pdf/264071/Medicare-FFS-Spending-Utilization.pdf default default #ffffff 1 1 position-statement-on-cervical-and-lumbar-disc-replacements-2019 position-statement-on-cervical-and-lumbar-disc-replacements-2019-5 invasive-sacroiliac-joint-fusion invasive-sacroiliac-joint-fusion-6…

…(including both individual items and services and service packages) and any code (for example, Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System, or HCPCS, codes) used by the hospital for purposes of…

…new regulation, such orders may be transmitted in written form, by telephone, or electronically. In addition, by revising timelines for some requirements, providers will now have more time to…

…reduce or eliminate their utilization in physician offices, and will thus require patient to obtain such service in a more costly and less convenient setting. For example, the AMA…

…office/outpatient E/M visits for new patients, and revise the code definitions. The CPT code changes also revise the times and medical-decision-making (MDM) process for all of the codes and…

…communicate with patients and provide telehealth services through remote communications technologies. Some of these technologies, and their use, may not fully comply with the requirements of the HIPAA Rules….

On February 13, CMS announced the development and publication of a new HCPCS code for providers and laboratories testing for patients who require examination for the 2019-Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)….

As an ACCME, ANCC, ACPE and CDR accredited provider, MER (on behalf of ISASS) requires that faculty and presenters comply with the Standards for Commercial Support (SCS). We will…

…of SAR-CoV-2 antibodies provided by laboratory tests reported by other CPT codes. The new codes go into effect immediately. For more information on the new codes, please visit the…