In the recent weeks, we have seen dramatic proposals from CMS regarding policy changes regarding reimbursement. If you missed the previous articles on E&M Coding and Reimbursement Changes, click here and here. On July 27th, a new proposal has been made for 2019. We have heard some client complaints that UHC has begun reducing reimbursement […]
We have had CMS on the mind a lot the last few blog posts, and we have one more we want to share. If you are not familiar with it, CMS launched a Targeted Probe and Educate Program over the last few years and have been stepping it up incrementally each year. What is Targeted
Last week we blogged about a proposed change to E&M Coding that would replace E&M levels 2-5 with a single code at a single reimbursable rate. As promised, we want to keep you up to date on the latest regarding this proposed change. At that time we did not have details about what the new
On July 16th 2018, anyone subscribed to the CMS Quality Payment Program received an e-mail containing a letter to doctors from Seem Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). There are some widespread changes proposed in this letter of which you need to be aware. “Electronic Health Records were supposed to
It is the most important piece of any new EHR conversion: training. Training is typically led by a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in their respective field, financials or clinical. On the financials side, it may be a revenue cycle manager or someone with experience in billing and claims management. However, often on the clinical side,
One of the lesser-known offerings of Legacy is working with EHR and PM Systems. Of course, we can help implement new systems and have worked with dozens of systems. We can, however, also assist in an analysis of your current system and help with any potential issues that may be bogging your system down. Insurances
EHRs can be a double-edged sword at times. Some systems give you an opportunity to check just the systems that are reviewed and examined but may still print every system and area of exam on your final document. This leads to excessively long clinical documentation where the work you’ve done with the patient gets lost
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There are industry-standard key metrics relating to your revenue cycle. From Denials to older accounts receivable, there are trends every practice should be aware of and be able to calculate. Days in Accounts Receivable (A/R) Days in A/R or days sales outstanding (DSO) is a calculation your practice can use to determine the average rate
In our Service Spotlight articles, we usually pick one aspect of Legacy Consulting Services and do a thorough review of what that service entails. In this week’s blog post, we are going to take a look at some of the more Miscellaneous “A la Carte Services.” Practice Checkup Our consultants look at all the critical
The opioid epidemic is everywhere lately. Late last year the President even declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency. There have been a lot of recommended solutions from supervised injection facilities to better monitoring. A memo dated 2/16/18 to the Senate Committee on Finance from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) offers
