There was a big anniversary. Did you miss it? Medicare and Medicaid celebrated 50 years old. On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the bill that led to the Medicare and Medicaid. In 1972 Medicare expanded to cover disabled, ESRD (people with end-stage renal disease requiring dialysis or kidney transplant and […]
ICD-10 is implementation is less than 30 days from today. Is Your Practice Ready?
As of October, 1, 2015, providers who fail to use ICD-10 codes will not be paid. Healthcare IT News Editor in Chief, Tom Sullivan stated in an article today, ICD-10 readiness: shaky optimism “Exactly how ready are providers for ICD-10? There are no easy answers. Research published Tuesday morning, in fact, indicates that 85 percent […]
CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) Announcing ICD-10 Testing
More CMS “End to End” Testing Coming – In addition to the upcoming end-to-end testing week January 26-30, CMS will host additional end-to-end testing opportunities in 2015. As we did with this round of testing, RelayHealth will aggressively pursue the opportunity to be selected for these subsequent rounds. However, please note that beyond submitting an […]
New York State Prescribing Mandate of Controlled Substances Effective On March 27, 2016 – I-Stop law in 2012
A new state regulation goes into effect on March 27, 2016, requiring all medication prescriptions to be electronically prescribed. This requirement affects all medication prescribers, including physicians and dentists. (Veterinarians are excluded)
ICD-10 Tools and Action Plan
CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) has produced a website I came across and is great resource for preparing for ICD-10. Go to the url www.roadto10.org and you will find helpful information. At the moment there are 4 webcasts available to watch, and then it looks like there are another 2 planned. I think […]