Ensuring the Financial Wellness of Your Healthcare Organization
Resources, Documents & Links
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Acevedo Consulting Incorporated's Newsletters
"Hospice & Palliative Care News"
American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC)
American Medical Association
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Complying with Documentation Requirements for Laboratory Services
MLN Matters MM9603: JW Modifier: Drug Amount Discarded/Not Administered to any Patient (05/03/2016)
Quarterly Compliance Newsletter Archive
Resources for Physicians & Other Healthcare Professionals
"Revised" Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) (03/2017) English Spanish
What does the Social Security Number Removal Initiative (SSNRI) mean for providers?
2017 Deductible & Premiums for Part B
(click image to access)
Exclusion List Search
Office of the Inspector General
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
$1.55 million Settlement Underscores the Importance of Executing HIPAA Business Associate Agreements
Hospice and Palliative Care
California State University Billing for Palliative Care Services
NHPCO Update on Use of Advance Care Planning CPT Codes
ICD-10-CM
2017 ICD-10-CM Resources
American Health Information Management Association
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (scroll down for .pdf files)
CMS "ICD-10 Next Steps Toolkit"
ICD-10 Medicare Provider Contacts
Incident-to
CMS MLN Matters SE0441 "Incident to" Services
Florida Statute 458.3485 (Medical Assistants)
Palmetto GBA Incident To Self Service Tool
Meaningful Use
National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI)
http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/NationalCorrectCodInitEd/index.html
Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
Compliance Program Effectiveness and OIG/HCCA Resource Guide
Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)
2016 PQRS Educational Materials Available
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Implementation Guide on the How to Get Started webpage for individual eligible professionals and group practices
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Measures documents on the Measures Codes webpage for those reporting via the claims and registry reporting mechanism
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Group practice reporting option web interface measures documentation on the GPRO Web Interface webpage
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The Spotlight webpage has a list of all recent documents and resources
2015 Qualified Registries List (download)
Instructions for Reporting Options
Informal Review Process for 2016 PQRS
PQRS Web-Based Measure Search Tool
U.S. Department of Justice
Value Based Payment Reform
2014 Mid-Year Quality and Resource Report
