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Obamacare’s Fate May Rest on Patience of Insurers Aetna, Anthem

Mixed responses from insurers on the future of Affordable Care Act

The fate of Barack Obama’s signature health-care law may depend on how long Anthem Inc. and Aetna Inc. are willing to wait before starting to make money off of ACA. The two insurers are on the hot seat now that UnitedHealth Group Inc. appears unlikely to linger as a seller on the Affordable Care Act’s government-run markets. UnitedHealth, the U.S.’s largest health insurer, said Thursday that if it can’t turn a profit, in 2017 it may quit the health plan marketplaces where millions of Americans buy coverage.… Read More

2015 Report on U.S. Physicians’ Financial Preparedness

2015 Report on U.S. Physicians’ Financial Preparedness

Summary-Young-Physician-995x319.jpg The 2015 Report on U.S. Physicians’ Financial Preparedness: Young Physicians Segment paints a clear picture of the financial challenges young physicians face. They typically begin their first year of practice 10 years behind their undergraduate peers in other professions, having lost an estimated $71,000 in potential savings during those years of training. Then, as their income builds with a maturing career, so do their family responsibilities, and added to that, many are paying off a medical school debt of $150,000 to more than $200,000.… Read More

CMS offers new ICD-10 cheat sheet

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CMS Offers New ICD-10 ‘Cheat Sheet’ for Physicians

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is launching a series of new ICD-10 guidance documents for physician practices of multiple specialties, serving as virtual cheat sheets for selecting the appropriate coding. The guidance, starting with family practice, walks through all the typical clinical scenarios in a wide range of services that a family physician typically sees, and gives the appropriate code for each type of scenario in each type of category.… Read More

August 26 webinar – Partnering with PracticeAdmin & Dell Coding Services for ICD-10 success

ICD-1043 days until the ICD-10 deadline. Is your billing company or medical practice prepared for the transition?

Register now for the third in our PracticeAdmin Summer Webinar Series. Our Wednesday, August 26 lunchtime webinar features PracticeAdmin CEO, Eric Christ, speaking on the impact of ICD-10 coding and how engaging Dell Coding Services can help. ⇒ Register now Wednesday, August 26 @12pm EST To learn more or to schedule a demo with PracticeAdmin, call 844.269.4780 or contact sales@practiceadmin.… Read More

Challenges in publishing reliable provider directories

Doctor workplace in officeResearch examines challenges in publishing reliable provider directories

To sum up the research, health plans should now be taking a proactive role in achieving and maintaining provider directory accuracy, even if they have to overcome operational challenges to do so. “Given an environment that is increasingly regulatory, litigious, investigative, and putative, health plans should deploy organizational resources at a level that is commensurate with the level of risk that these inaccuracies can present,” Brian Hoyt, Managing Director at BRG, told RevCycleIntelligence.… Read More