February 10th 2025
Arpeet Shah, MD, highlights the shift toward precision medicine, ongoing work force challenges, the integration of AI, and more.
Medical insurance plan targets Medicare and Medicaid billing
November 1st 2001Oak Park, IL-Cunningham Group has launched a new insurance plan thatoffers complete protection to medical practices, hospitals, clinics, andother health care providers that bill Medicare and Medicaid. The new plan,called MediKey, takes the guesswork out of coding and protects medical earningswith special low-cost billing errors and omissions (E&O) insurance availableto those who enroll in the compliance plan. This combined approach enablesproviders to qualify for the E&O insurance at a favorable rate, thecompany says.
Ruling would impact lithotripsy, brachytherapy payments
October 1st 2001Washington-A sweeping new proposed federal regulation dealing with hospital outpatient compensation would change Medicare payments for specific medical procedures and tighten rules governing new technology payments, a move that could adversely affect urologists. The regulation from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS) would apply to services furnished on or after January 1, 2002.
HIPAA will change all facets of information management
July 1st 2001If you thought your electronic nightmare was over when the Y2K scare came and went with hardly a glitch, think again. There's another acronym that all of us in health care will have to contend with in the next few years: HIPAA, or the Healthcare Information and Portability and Accountability Act.
Handheld device stores patient charts, documents
July 1st 2001Bothell, WA-Data Critical Corp. offers the PocketChart handheld tool for patient charting, billing, and filing. With the product, physicians can create complete, legible documents using simple point-and-tap menus to record all elements of a patient encounter, the company says.