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Leslie Witkin has conducted and written comprehensive manuals
for a variety of seminars on a national basis. Programs are
provided not only to large groups, but are also customized
for individual practices. Participants consistently rate Leslie
very highly for her clarity, knowledge, and sense of humor
in dealing with the regulatory environment. In addition, her
detailed program documents provide those in attendance with
a great resource long after the program is over.
Listed below are her most popular
programs. If you would like to invite Leslie to speak at a
conference or seminar or to your individual practice, please
complete our contact form or
feel free to call Leslie at 407-249-7900.
You are also invited to click
here - to see a listing of Leslie's upcoming speaking
engagements.
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Annual Healthcare Coding and Regulatory Update
Documentation Guidelines for Evaluation and Management (E/M) Services
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complete with sample templates for efficiency and accuracy
Setting Up Your In-Office Audit Program
Medicare’s Competitive Acquisition Program: Does
it make sense for your practice?
Compliance with "Incident To" and Shared/Split
Encounter Rules
Climbing the Medicare Hierarchy to Resolve Your Problems
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complete with resources that cost you nothing!
National Provider Identifier (NPI) -How will it work?
How will it affect your business operations?
What Fees Can You Charge Your Medicare and Other Patients?
Specialty Coding and Regulatory Presentations
Regulatory Guidelines for Use of E/M Codes and Modifiers
Regulatory Guidelines for Use of Surgical Codes and Modifiers
Collection Procedures and A/R Management for the Medical
Business
Understanding and Utilizing RBRVS
National Correct Coding Initiative-Its Use for Compliance
and Revenue Benefit
HIPAA Administrative Simplification |
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July 18, 2010
Article: 2012 Penalties for not E-Prescribing in Medicare Would be Based On Analyzing Provider Data for the Period 1/1/2011 through 6/30/2011
If you have not implemented E-Prescribing in your practice, you should not put it off any longer.
As of 1/1/2012 Medicare allowed amounts for individual providers will decrease by 1% if providers are not "successfully" e-prescribing for Medicare patients. Where this may seem like a long way off, CMS recently proposed the determination of whether the penalty will be imposed would be based on analyzing provider data for the period 1/1/2011 through 6/30/2011.
For claims based submission of the E-Prescribe measure, CMS would look at services billed by the provider. If there were 100 services billed where the E-Prescribe measure applied, 10 of those claims must have the code for E-Prescribing reported or the penalty would be imposed. For registry based or EHR reporting of E-Prescribe, these qualified registries or EHR vendors would need to download data to CMS during the period 7/1/2011 through 8/19/2011. The same 100 encounter rule with the minimum 10 reporting would be applied in these situations to avoid the penalty in 2012.
Exemptions to the penalty would apply if:
The provider is of a type who does not have prescribing privileges, or
Data analysis indicates there were less than 100 applicable cases where E-Prescribe should have been reported, or
Less than 10% of the providers Medicare allowed amounts are applicable for E-Prescribing reporting.
Keep in mind also that penalties for not successfully e-prescribing increase as of 2013 to 1.5% and 2% as of 2014 and beyond.
To review the E-Prescribing reporting measure specification click here
To review all information related to the CMS E-Prescribe program click here
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