Please join us for the Western Pennsylvania Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society ("WPHIMSS") Fall Program and Networking Event co-sponsored by Highmark and Tucker Arensberg, PC.
We invite you to join us for:
-WPHIMSS Membership Update
-National HIMSS Update
-Health Information Exchange Update…
CMS ANNOUNCES POLICY, PAYMENT RATE CHANGES FOR THE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE IN 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued a final rule with comment period that updates payment policies and rates for physicians and nonphysician practitioners (NPPs) for services paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) in calendar year (CY)
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HHS has issued its 2012 OIG Work Plan. Following are some particular areas of concern for physicians:
Physician-Owned Distributors of Spinal Implants: OIG will determine the extent to which physician-owned distributors (PODs) provide spinal implants purchased by hospitals and whether PODs are associated with high use of spinal implants. The Work Plan notes that Congress has…
