Contributed by: Lee Kim, Esq.
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Thursday evening networking 3/8/12 & Educational Seminar Friday 3/9/12 Doubletree Pittsburgh
The Consulate General of Canada in Buffalo, along with their partner, the Western Pennsylvania HIMSS Chapter, is hosting a Canada – US Healthcare Technology Summit in Pittsburgh, PA.
As total annual U.S. healthcare costs have passed $2 trillion…
Contributed by Lee Kim, Esq.
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A vendor of web-based services to help physicians achieve faster reimbursement from payors, reduce error rates, improve collection rates, improve patient compliance and satisfaction, and more efficiently manage clinical and billing information requested an advisory opinion from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General…
Medicare pay cut averted; Congress OKs
two-month patch
Physicians got a brief reprieve from a 27 percent Medicare pay cut Friday when the U.S. House of Representatives reached agreement with the Senate on a two-month extension of important policies that expire on Jan. 1.
The U.S. Senate last week voted to extend current Medicare …
The U.S. House of Representatives today rejected a Senate bill that would have averted a 27.4 percent Medicare physician payment cut scheduled for Jan. 1 and extended an expiring payroll tax reduction and unemployment insurance benefits. The net result was to leave 2012 Medicare payment rates in limbo.
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The Pennsylvania Department of Health has announced the Medical Records Fees for 2012.
Tucker Arensberg, P.C. attorney Lee Kim will present a CLE on electronic health records via a live video webcast which will be broadcast nationwide on January 18, 2012.
Topics discussed include the following:
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All domestic and foreign profit and nonprofit corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, business trusts, insignias and marks, that have not made a new or amended filing with the Pennsylvania Corporation Bureau from January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2011 shall be required to file a Decennial Report on or before December…
Stage 2 of meaningful use has been delayed until 2014 for Medicare EHR Incentive Program participants. Current participants will have until 2014 to comply with Stage 2 requirements.
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The USPTO has released its fiscal year 2011 performance and accountability report:
http://www.uspto.gov/about/stratplan/ar/2011/USPTOFY2011PAR.pdf.
It may seem contradictory that Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) are championed as the new answer to manage more efficiently (i.e. improve quality and reduce costs) when the most popular form of ACOs, i.e. the Medicare Shared Savings Program, established in 2010 as a component of the Patient Protection and Accountable Care Act has yet to…
