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In This Issue / May 2012

RVUs: The Key to Improving Your Reimbursement and Profitability

By Sara Larch, MSHA, FACMPE

You can use RVUs to evaluate reimbursement for all of your payers. If this is the first time you are using RVUs to analyze reimbursement, I would suggest...

Complimentary Webinar: Using RVUs to Improve Your Bottom Line
	Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:00 AM PDT / 1:00 PM EDT Speaker: Sara Larch, MSHA, FACMPE Register Now
RVUs are key to the analysis of reimbursement and payer contracts, operating costs and more. You’ll learn: • How to use RVUs in reimbursement analysis • “Best Practices” in RVU benchmarking • And much more

Immunizations and Administration: Coding and Billing Them Correctly
By Betsy Nicoletti, M.S., CPC A journalist called me recently and asked, “Why do you think there is such a high denial rate for Medicare for code 90471, immunization administration?” Read more

Hidden Ways Medical Billing Shortcomings Hurt Your Practice

By Laurie Morgan

When a practice’s billing staff or service fails to accurately claim all the revenue the practice has earned, this naturally represents an immediate loss of revenue. But when the team begins to cut service corners or…

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Top News & Ideas from Industry

Physicians Fight “Unworkable” Medicare Overpayment Rule
Charles Fiegl, Amednews, April 30, 2012 Physician organizations adamantly oppose a Medicare proposal to recoup overpayments from physicians, who would be required to go back through up to 10 years of medical records. Go to Article

ICD-10 Postponement Comments Due on May 17
AAPC Industry News, April 20, 2012 All comments on the proposed rule that would delay the compliance date for ICD-10 from 2013 to 2014 are due to HHS no later than 5 p.m. eastern time May 17… Go to Article

Dire Medicare Outlook Assumes Deep Physician Pay Cuts
David Glendinning, Amednews, April 30, 2012 Medicare trustees say long-term projections will be even worse in the likely event Congress stops a 31% SGR cut from taking effect in 2013, while warning that… Go to Article

Providers: High Rate of RAC, CERT Denials Overturned
AAPC Industry News , April 27, 2012 Close to 50 percent of appealed recovery audit contractor (RAC) payment denials and Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) claim denials were overturned on appeal, according to CMS... Go to Article

Contracts Can Make Hospital Employment Less Secure than Doctors Think
Steven M. Harris, Amednews, April 30, 2012 Many physicians seek hospital employment as a refuge from what they see as the increasingly volatile world of their own practices. But they might not realize that… Go to Article

Medicare Overpayments/Underpayments Interest Rate on the Rise
AAPC Industry News , April 27, 2012 Providers will pay contractors more in interest for unrecouped overpayments and delinquent underpayments in this second quarter… Go to Article

ICD-10 Delay: 7 Things You Should Do With the Extra Time
S. Guffey, D. Duchek, HIMSS News, April 16, 2012 Regardless of when the ICD-10 deadline is or who it impacts, we recommend continuing to move forward on your ICD-10 preparation. Here are seven ways that you can make the most of any extra time the delay provides... Go to Article

The Real Deal About Appeals, Part 1
Nancy Clark, CPC, CPC-I, AAPC News, April 25, 2012 Even though it seems at times that claims processing is as easy as “pushing a button”, many claims are denied. How do you resubmit your claims with the best chance of success? Go to Article