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Supercommittee failure leaves 27 percent Medicare payment cut in place With the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction failing to reach agreement on a deficit-reduction proposal, physicians still face a 27 percent cut in Medicare physician payments scheduled to take effect Jan. 1. Congress has missed an opportunity to address the nation’s fiscal problems, stabilize…

The Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program launched in Arkansas, Delaware, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota. Eligible professionals and eligible hospitals in these states are now able to complete their EHR incentive program registration.  State-specific information can be found by clicking on the hyperlinks above.  General information about…

WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HIMSS FALL PROGRAM AND NETWORKING EVENT
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16

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…

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