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CMS Issues Reminder on January 2011 Target for Testing Transaction Using ICD-10 Code Sets
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a reminder this week to health care providers, health plans, clearinghouses and vendors about the approaching compliance dates for a new generation of […]
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Medicaid Official Discusses Health System Reform in Visit to Triangle
Cindy Mann, Director, Center for Medicaid, CHIP and Survey and Certification (CMCS) for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, spent Wednesday in the Triangle meeting with state officials and health care […]
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NCMS Hosts ACO Summit
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) hosted almost 100 physicians and consultants in Raleigh at the ACO Summit on Saturday, August 7, 2010, to learn more about this emerging model for health care delivery.
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NC Institute of Medicine Convenes Health Reform Workgroups
The North Carolina Institute of Medicine has established eight Health Reform Workgroups that will serve under an NCIOM Advisory Committee. The new effort will be led by NC Department of […]
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Focus on Health System Reform: Independent Payment Advisory Board
Beginning in 2014, the federal government will be able to sidestep Congress and impose its own cost-containment policies for the Medicare program through the creation of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Read on to learn more.
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CMS Announces Imaging Demonstration Project
Medicare officials are soliciting proposals from “convener” groups to bring together networks of physicians to participate in a demonstration project that will test the ability of Decision Support Systems (DSS) […]
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Physician FYI
Here’s a quick glance with links to important information about practice management, professional development, and other items of interest to physicians. …Register for a webinar on North Carolina’s Health Information […]
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Focus on Health Care Reform: New In-office Ancillary Services Disclosure Requirement
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act imposed new disclosure requirements on physicians who refer Medicare or Medicaid patients to in-office ancillary imaging services. The new requirement applies to services rendered on or after January 1, 2010. Click here to read more.
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Influenza Vaccine for Older Patients Covered under Medicare Part B
Fluzone® High-Dose Influenza vaccine for patients age 65 and older will be a payable benefit under Medicare Part B, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in […]
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Physician FYI
Here’s a quick glance with links to important information about practice management, professional development, and other items of interest to physicians. …Register for Fall 2010 Care Share Health Alliance Regional […]
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