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•   October 2009 
  
  • Are You Really Managing Risk?
  • Hospital Report Card
  • ICD-10 Resource
  • In e-Prescribing Worth It?
  • Layoff Logistics
  • Stricter Stark Enforcement
  • Top Ten Questions On the H1N1 Vaccines


•   May 2009 
  
  • Administrative Fees
  • H1N1 Update
  • NJ Paid Family Leave Law
  • Numbers of Disabled Rising
  • Red Flag Rules by FTC


•   March 2009 
  
  • A Year of Planning
  • Get Ready for RAC
  • How To Handle the Angry Patient
  • Internal Billing Audits
  • Keeping Up with the Joneses
  • Know Your Numbers
  • Networking Between Offices
  • No Cash, No Care?
  • Registration Staff
  • Risk Management


•   January 2009 
  
  • 2009 Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program
  • 2009 Electronic Rx
  • CMS Change for 2009
  • CMS releases specifications on qualifying for eprescribing bonuses
  • Firewall Policy
  • Overhead Cost
  • Records Retention
  • Surgeon General’s New Family Health History Tool
  • The Frugal Physician
  • Why we need 1,170 Codes for Angioplasty— ICD10


•   December 2008 
  
  • 2009 Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program
  • 2009 Electronic Rx con’t
  • Are Holiday Bonuses Passé’
  • CMS changes for 2009
  • Consultation Coding Errors
  • Firewall Policy
  • Medicare RAC Program(Recovery Audit)
  • Overhead Expense
  • Records Retention
  • Why we need 1,170 Codes for Angioplasty—ICD10


•   September 2008 
  
  • 2% US med students choosing primary care
  • Blending Better Ingredients For Health Reform
  • Cash Only—What you need to know to make the switch
  • Economists critique candidates' proposed health plans
  • EDI and Highmark Medicare Help
  • Highmark Transition Website
  • Medicare Easy Remit
  • News Flash Highmark Medicare Re: EFT
  • Submitting Medical Documentation to Highmark Medicare Services for Electronic Claims


•   April 2008 
  
  • Don’t Be a Loan Officer
  • Hackers Beware!
  • Horizon Modifier 57 Letter
  • It’s Your Future-Own It
  • Patient Balance Tactics
  • Ruling Attorney General RX Pad


•   January 2008 
  
  • Big Changes to MPFS
  • Collecting Medicare Deductible and Coinsurance
  • Collection Tip - Statement
  • ICD-10 Update
  • Its that time of Year
  • Managers Conference
  • New Ways to Bill Smoking Cessation-New PQRI


•   November 2007 
  
  • 2008 CPT Codes
  • Aetna New Medicare
  • Beware of Blind Faith in Software
  • Don’t Let Overtime Take Over
  • Fee for Missed Appointments
  • Ghost of Holidays Past
  • Making Staff Nonexempt
  • Management Conference— Atlantic City, March 2008
  • Path report before unspecified ICD-9
  • Payers Penalize Consultations


•   October 2007 
  
  • FMLA Medical Certification Explained
  • Look for Every Crumb
  • NJ and Tamper Resistant Rx Pads
  • NJ MGMA March 2008 Conference
  • NPI Registry
  • Silent PPOs


•   September 2007 
  
  • Determining cost of service
  • DOBI Issues PIP Fee Schedule: MSNJ Responds
  • How Many Acronyms Does It Take to Make an Electronic Health Record?
  • PAHCOM Dues Assistance
  • Technology: Should Your EMR Be Certified?
  • The Physician Productivity Diet Plan
  • UHC’S Out-Of-Network Payment Policy


•   May 2007 
  
  • 15 Tips to Reduce Identity Theft
  • CMS PQRI Conference Call
  • Deposit only Accounts for EFT
  • Determining Cost of Service
  • Enforcement efforts—Employing Illegal aliens
  • MGMA Practice Managers 2008 Conference
  • PAHCOM Dues Assistance
  • Supplier/Revenue Opportunities and EMR Open House


•   April 2007 
  
  • 2 Digit Numbers –May Stop Payments
  • CMS Announces NPI Extension
  • CMS Clarifies NPI Implementation Guidelines
  • CMS-1500—Instructions
  • DOBI FILES SUIT AGAINST UNITED HEALTHCARE
  • Empower Your Administrators or Managers
  • Inpatient Consults
  • NPI and Taxonomy Code Questions
  • Prevent Whistleblowers
  • Qualifiers for the 1500 Form
  • Sample 08/05 CMS-1500
  • Vaccine Pre-Booking


•   March 2007 
  
  • Discount Self Pay Accounts
  • Getting the Balance Paid in Full
  • Make sure consultations meet Stark regs.
  • Modifier 51 vs 59
  • NEW JERSEY PROTOCOL ON THE USE OF NONPARTICIPATING LABORATORY
  • NJ PUBLIC HEALTH: Infectious Disease Summit
  • PAHCOM Membership Fee Assistance & Voucher Programar
  • Reduce Liability with Customer Service
  • Sample letter for practices to request referring NPIs
  • Security Assessments
  • UNITED HEALTHCARE:Laboratory Protocol Revision


•   February 2007 
  
  • Create a Disaster Plan
  • Can’t They All Just Get Along?
  • Collaboration for Strong Referral Relationship
  • Medicare Managed Care Plans Out of Network Rules
  • Medicare Managed Care Plans Provider Q & A
  • Sermo.com for the Drs.


•   January 2007 
  
  • 2007—Get Your Decoder Rings Ready
  • Design a fair method to divide the pay-for-performance pie
  • HELPFUL HINTS— CUSTOMIZED BILLING
  • NPI by January 31, 2007
  • Practice Management Conference
  • Recent Developments in New Jersey Healthcare Law Affecting Physicians
  • Ten Techniques to Improve Collections


•   December 2006 
  
  • ADA, FMLA, and Work Rule Violations
  • America Bails Out On HMO’s
  • Beating the Deadbeat Patient
  • Exempt Employees and Unpaid Holidays
  • Involve your CPA in cash control policies
  • NPI: Only Six Months to Comply
  • Practice Management Conference
  • Volatile Mix: Driving, Cell Phones, Your Liability
  • Webmaster News
  • When to Pay for Training Time Q&A


•   November 2006 
  
  • 2007 Medicare by Speciality
  • Appearance Does Matter—Dress Code
  • Ask the Expert— Injection Error
  • Avoid Altering Notes
  • Five fast ways to boost office efficiency
  • How to Really Understand Your Revenue Stream
  • Reasonable and Customary Fee Disclosure
  • Tame the copier


•   October 2006 
  
  • Disclosing Your NPI
  • Hope Dims for Pay Fix
  • Influenza Vaccine Distribution
  • No Show Know How
  • NPI / UPIN/ PIN NPI and Software
  • Training Your Clinical Staff


•   September 2006 
  
  • Industry Standard for Mailing Patient Statements
  • Medicare Holding Payments Sept. 22-30, 2006
  • Medicare Roller Coaster History
  • New Managed Care Laws— Recoupment
  • No Raises This Year?
  • Ten Tips for Better Patient Relations
  • Training Your Clinical Staff


•   June 2006 
  
  • A balanced, stress-free life starts with a simple list
  • AETNA CLASS-ACTION COMPLIANCE: Modifier 25
  • Aetna give nonpar providers access to web site
  • Can Debt Collectors Contact Consumers Via E-mail and Fax?
  • Check up on billing companies
  • Four steps to determine your EMR system must-haves
  • Half of U.S. doctors don't have digital records
  • Health Insurer Is Told by State Not to Enroll New Customers
  • History form liability risk reductions tool
  • Hurricane Katria Reminds Us of the Need For Electronic Medical
  • MEDICARE: Payment Decrease Scheduled –5% in 2007
  • Prepare to lead all generations
  • Put technology back in its place to 5
  • Send an at-risk letter to noncompliant patients
  • The Insurance Crisis: Fact or Fiction
  • Track denials to avoid investigations


•   May 2006 
  
  • Cosmetic Surgery Tax
  • Grade Resumes with Letters
  • Managed Care - Out of network provider issues
  • Medicare: National Provider Identifier (NPI)
  • Nobody pays their bills today!
  • NPI and bulk enumeration begins
  • The coding game


•   April 2006 
  
  • Copy Medical Records before Law Suit
  • Google Yourself - What are your Patients Finding on the Web?
  • Hurricane Katrina and EMR
  • Managing Excessive Absenteeism
  • Medication Errors Prevention
  • RVU's to Benchmark Productivity
  • Storm Coverage, the 4th of July and the Changing Web Site
  • Terminating Patients for Not Paying their Bills
  • Upcoming Center Jersey Chapter Events - Chapter Membership


•   March 2006 
  
  • CMS warns of Medicare phone scam
  • Empire Medicare Part B Electronic Mailing List
  • Medicare to Stop Mailing Standard Paper Remittance (SPR)
  • SSA urges electronic submission for disability claims
  • Want to tune up your team? Tips from an Indy 500 winner


•   February 2006 
  
  • Central Jersey PAHCOM Coming Events
  • Controlling Supply Costs
  • HMO—Continuing Care Obligations
  • Manager’s Conference Atlantic City
  • Pre-Book Influenza Vaccine
  • Prompt Pay—New Legislation
  • When Mail Gets Returned


•   January 2006 
  
  • CMS Zeroes in on Services/Claims
  • CMS-Top 15 medically unnecessary services
  • Doctors & Documentation Compliance
  • OIG takes closer look at modifier 25 & 59
  • Patient-Per-Hour Rate
  • Pre Order Infuenza Vaccine
  • Stark & Financial Relationships
  • Understanding Consumer Directed Healthcare
  • Wireless Networks


•   November 2005 
  
  • Anthem/Wellpoint Settlement
  • Appeal Solution–Modifier –25
  • CMS Final Fee Schedule
  • Eliminate Phone Frustration
  • What are RVU’s and RBRVS?


•   October 2005 
  
  • Balance Billing Delicate Choice
  • Cell Phones are Here to Stay
  • CMS, AMA Urge Pay for
  • E/M & Critical Care Billed To
  • Fight Partial Pays with Payers
  • November 17 Deadline
  • Part D Poll-Go to pharmacists
  • Payment for Undocumented Aliens
  • Preview CPT 2006
  • Problem Employee
  • Recommended Retention Periods
  • Retaining Healthcare BUSINESS Records
  • Who is Your Competition


•   September 2005 
  
  • 2006 Medicare Fee Schedule
  • Addressing Patients
  • Anthem/Wellpoint Settlement
  • Appropriate Staff to Answer
  • Auditing the Registration Proc
  • CMS & OIG Close Loophole
  • HEFCU
  • HIPAA Compliance and EPHI
  • Medical Coverage for Employees to Increase
  • Medicare:HIPAA Grace Period
  • Modifiers
  • Patient Financial Counselors
  • Transcription Risk


•   June 2005 
  
  • CMS Announces the National Provider Identifier (NPI)
  • Code op reports accurately with "standard book”
  • Medical Decision Making
  • Paid Days Off and Overtime Calculation
  • The National Provider Identifier Is Here


•   May 2005 
  
  • 2005 United Fee Schedules – Radiology
  • Average Annual Change in Medicare Payment by Speciality
  • Charge tickets can aid the billing process – when up to date
  • MEDICARE—The new appeals process: Still a few bugs
  • Understanding supply and demand
  • United Healthcare Merger


•   April 2005 
  
  • BME: New Regulations on Records and Advertising
  • Book Infuenza Vaccine
  • Certified Medical Manager Information
  • Class Action Suit Updates
  • Keep Staffers Interested in Their Jobs
  • Monitor Managed Care Ratios
  • Write Like a Lawyer, Live Like a King

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