Medical Billing Blog

AMA Responds to CMS Over Meaningful Use

Posted by Scott Shatzman on Wed, Jan, 07, 2015 @ 08:01 AM

"The American Medical Association (AMA) is appalled by news from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today that more than 50 percent of eligible professionals will face penalties under the Meaningful Use program in 2015, a number that is even worse than we anticipated.

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AMA Releases List of 8 EHR Priorities

Posted by Scott Shatzman on Thu, Oct, 09, 2014 @ 07:10 AM

Following widespread discontent with the meaningful use program and EHR policies, the American Medical Association (AMA) has released a list of eight priorities to improve quality and usability during EHR adoption.

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Proposal To Change Doctor Training System

Posted by Scott Shatzman on Thu, Jul, 31, 2014 @ 09:07 AM

An expert panel recommended Tuesday completely overhauling the way government pays for the training of doctors, saying the current $15 billion system is failing to produce the medical workforce the nation needs.

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Doctors Say Grace Period Will Leave Them With Unpaid Bills

Posted by Scott Shatzman on Fri, Mar, 21, 2014 @ 09:03 AM

The American Medical Association issued a statement to physicians on Wednesday cautioning doctors on how to navigate a 90-day grace period for government-subsidized health plans. A patient with subsidized insurance who is falling behind in payments is guaranteed coverage for medical bills for 30 days – but insurers can ultimately deny payment during the remaining 60 days. Some doctors and the AMA say insurance companies could delay and then retroactively deny claims made during the 60-day period – a bill then held stuck with physicians.

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CMS: No ICD-10 Delay; AMA - It Costs too Much!

Posted by Scott Shatzman on Mon, Mar, 17, 2014 @ 10:03 AM

The AMA has asked the Department of Health and Human Services to reconsider mandating the switch to ICD-10 on October 1, 2014.  In remarks delivered February 27th at the 2014 HIMSS Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner publicly rejected that call.  “There are no more delays and the system, will go live on Oct 1.” Tavenner said.

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CMS Administrator: No Delays for ICD-10

Posted by Scott Shatzman on Fri, Feb, 28, 2014 @ 10:02 AM

There will be no more delays to the October 1 deadline to implement the International Classification of Diseases-10th revision (ICD-10) coding system.

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