BCBS Three-Month Grace Period

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandates a three-month grace period for individual members who: Purchase an ACA-compliant health plan on the exchange, Receive a…

Distinct Pneumococcal Vaccination

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will now pay for administering two distinct pneumococcal vaccinations to Medicare patients. The two vaccinations must be…

Modifiers for Global Surgery Period

The typical global surgery period covers pre and post-operative care. However, if a patient requires additional care during the surgery period, possessing the correct…

PQRS Anesthesia Changes

It’s a new year and new changes for Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) measures. There are some changes for 2015 that impact all eligible…

Pathway to Inpatient MU 2014 Success: View, Download, and Transmit

For facilities that are looking to report in Stage 2, or Stage 1 2014 ed, the calculations for the View, Download, Transmit (V/D/T) requirement are the same, requiring more than 50% of all patients to have the ability to access their information online.