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The window of opportunity to retroactively bill for services for a physician awaiting credentialing has been reduced from 27 months to 30 days.

To receive payment for arthrocentesis and related procedures, attach a modifier –59 to the successive services.

The rule requiring insurers to process claims with an NPI has created the necessity for providers to have one-no matter their circumstances.

Think twice before you band together with other physicians to harm a competitor.

Insurers are rating the quality of your care. Do you know what they're saying?

You can't stop online ratings, but you can stop fretting about them.

Learn what you need to know to cut down on reimbursement hassles.

Only about 61 percent of Americans nearing traditional retirement age believe they will have enough funds saved by the time they end their career.

In October, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota backed a statewide medical home initiative in which participating doctors will receive free clinical analytics and reporting software to help them serve as the coordinator.

More than half of U.S. internal medicine physicians and rheumatologists who responded to a survey by the British Medical Journal report using a placebo treatment with patients.

The Wisconsin Medical Society has prohibited its members from accepting gifts from any provider of products that they prescribe to their patients.

Nearly 90 percent of medical professionals believe patients are less likely to sue after a mistake if they receive an apology and explanation for the error.

CMS has suspended contract work as part of its Recovery Audit Contractor program in response to protests filed by two unsuccessful bidders.

Downcoding, whether by audit or during routine claims processing, could be on the rise - particularly for practices with electronic health records, which are able to code for higher levels of service with relative ease.

If the federal government has its way, a quality reporting initiative from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services could pave the way toward establishing a pay-for-performance system.

If 80 percent of the population maintained a personal health record, it would save the U.S. $21 billion a year on health-care costs, according to a recently released study.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in late October that it will award an incentive payment of 2 percent of a physician's total Medicare allowed charges to doctors who use e-prescribing systems next year.

Georgia plans to unveil in December a consumer-focused "transparency" health website that will contain quality and cost information on the state's hospitals.

Though the use of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging has skyrocketed in the last decade, the benefits of the technology's increased availability are not clear, according to a new study.

Last month many physicians received a reprieve from the federal government ? and most probably didn?t even realize it.

From practical to whimsical, there's something for everyone this holiday season.

Do we have any legal recourse against CMS when we believe it has made an E&M error?

I have a patient who has health insurance from her employer as well as Medicare because she is on dialysis. How do I figure out which one is her primary insurer?

I'm looking for compensation information for a practice's chief executive officer, chief operating officer, administrator, and practice manager. What is a fair salary for these positions?

Does malpractice insurance cover charges of defamation?

I have been awarded a grant designed to recruit new physicians to underserved areas in my state. Is this money subject to taxes?

I'm planning to retire soon and obviously want to avoid common financial mistakes that many retirees or soon-to-be retirees make. What are some common retirement-related missteps?

I travel every few months for conferences and other professional development gatherings. Do you have any tips that could help me stretch my travel dollars?

I've read a lot about how home heating costs will be much higher this winter than in past years. Is there anything I can do before winter sets in to keep costs down?

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