Technical Assistance Webcast to answer questions related to this funding opportunity.
Date & Time:
Thursday, August 27; 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm (EST)
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The next meeting of the HIT Standards Committee is August 20. See below for the Agenda as well as dial in information. The meeeting will be held at the Holiday Inn/Capitol, 550 C Street, SW, Washington, DC, in the Capital Ballroom. Seating is limited. Thank you.
Agenda:
9:00 a.m.      CALL TO ORDER
Judy Sparrow, Office of the [...]

In addition to academic strength, physicians have been required to demonstrate a commitment to improving the human condition.   A doctor is taught to assume responsibility for peoples’ lives and to make constant decisions with the goal of best patient outcomes foremost at all times. The mind of a physician constantly classifies information; prioritizing, [...]

The CMS-1500 form is a standardized medical claim form used for submitting Medicare Part B charges to third party payers for physicians’ and other providers’ services, procedures, and allied supplies. Place of service (POS) codes are two digit indicators assigned by CMS to the various places where a physician or other health care provider renders [...]

CMS publishes regulatory information in the Federal Register, laying the foundation for reimbursement.  Many third party payers adopt all, or a portion of, the CMS rules and regulations.
The online CMS Manual System is organized into separate publications that begin at Publication 100-01 (Medicare General Information, Eligibility and Entitlement) and go through Publication 100-20 (One Time [...]

Medicare Reimbursement
Each patient encounter is subject to the reimbursement process. You may play a variety of roles in this process and should be aware that coding, although essential, is just one step along the way to gaining reimbursement for services rendered.
Many private payers (insurers other than the federal government) follow the same regulations or have [...]