Friday, July 10, 2015

Federal Audits Of Medicare Advantage Reveal Widespread Overcharges

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Government audits just released as the result of a lawsuit detail widespread billing errors in private Medicare Advantage health plans g...
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

CMS: No ICD-10 Audit Claims for Specificity in Year One

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For one year after implementation of ICD-10, CMS will not deny or audit claims just for specificity, as long as the code is from the app...
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Friday, July 3, 2015

CMS proposes a few clarifications to its chronic care management billing code

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At the beginning of 2015, CMS began reimbursing physicians for the care they provide to a particular group of their Medicare patients remo...
Monday, June 29, 2015

Do your Patients Have the Knowledge to Make Good Food Choices?

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Carbohydrates are your body's primary energy source! They should never be avoided, but it is important to understand that not all ...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

CMS Issues New Telemedicine Guidelines and Approves Seven New Procedures in Move to Further Encourage Telehealth Initiatives

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As the Medicare program expands telemedicine services, the opportunity may arise for sub-specialist pathologists to offer consultation ser...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Healthcare Fraud Investigations to Target Corporations and C-Suite Executives

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On Thursday, May 14, 2015, at a meeting of the American Bar Association’s Healthcare Fraud Section, Leslie Caldwell, the Assistant Attorne...
Thursday, May 21, 2015

Educating Patients on Warfarin, One Game at a Time

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​ Patients receiving warfarin will often need to continue taking it after discharge from the hospital, and some may require warfarin th...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Exchange enrollees study by Truven Health Analytics reveals surprises

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It’s only one study based on the health data of one unnamed state. But if the results of the  Truven Health Analytics  study are at al...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

A New Mobile Tool to Assess the Need for Independent Life Skills Training

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Did You Know? Over half a million people are homeless. On any given night, there are over 600,000 homeless people in the U.S.,  accordin...
Friday, May 1, 2015

Improving Health Literacy Among Cancer Caregivers

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ASCO  recently published their paper on   State of Cancer Care in America 2014 . In this paper, authors outline concerns and possible cour...
Thursday, April 30, 2015

82% of Patients Report Unsatisfactory Education from their Primary Care Physician

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What is the health literacy of patients with chronic kidney disease? Generally, 9 out 10 adults lack the skills necessary to prevent d...
Thursday, April 2, 2015

NHS England launches library for accredited mobile health apps

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  By:  Jonah Comstock  | Mar 24, 2015  The National Health Service in the UK is taking steps to create a curated database of g...