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AAHAM 2011 professional certification training webinars AAHAM Share     Join AAHAM and top CPAMs & CCAMs coaches as we present a four-part webinar study program for the AAHAM Professional Exams Certified Patient Account Manager & Certified Clinic Account Manager (CPAM/CCAM). Whether you are planning on taking the CPAM/CCAM exams or just preparing for the future, you will want to sign up for the webinar program. Those who take this popular series have a higher pass rate than those who do not. We will cover the four parts of the exam in the four-part series: Patient Access: July 22 – 1 - 3 p.m. EDT Billing: August 5 - 1 - 3 p.m. EDT Credit & Collections: August 26 - 1 - 3 p.m. EDT Revenue Cycle Management: September 2 - 1 - 3 p.m. EDT Download the full description and printable registration form here. Online Member Registration Advertisement
The right pace for CPOE HealthLeaders Media Share
For a while, big-bang rollouts of health IT projects were popular. But many organizations realized that rushing in could lead to mistakes — and that it's difficult to make corrections after going live. With computerized physician order entry in particular, many organizations rolled out order sets only to find that physicians were unhappy with them, that data was missing, or that there were so many sets that physicians were tuning them out. Some organizations eliminated all but the most crucial order sets ... and then started the process all over again. The lesson: Better to get it right the first time. More Medicare online documentation system to cut healthcare costs Information Week Share
Healthcare providers will have a new, less expensive way to send documents to Medicare review contractors starting in August. Instead of faxing or mailing documents requested to support claims, they will be able to transmit them online through an approved third-party to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which will forward them to the appropriate review contractor. More Logjam of health IT initiatives could mean delays for HIPAA 5010, ICD-10 FierceHealthIT Share
In addition to Meaningful Use, which offers a significant potential upside, hospitals and doctors also must contend with the transition to the HIPAA 5010 transaction set in January and, in 2013, the much bigger shift to the ICD-10 diagnostic code set. So it's not surprising that a large percentage of physician groups might not be ready for the 5010 changeover by the end of the year. More
Healthcare administration simplification AAHAM Share
As you know, there is lots of dialogue on Capitol Hill right now about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), and efforts by House Republicans to repeal this law. Whatever happens with the law, we need to reinforce with our legislators to keep administrative simplification (Section 1104) to help reduce costs and increase efficiency in healthcare operations. Please click here to ACT NOW and send an email to your congressmen — to retain administrative simplification in whatever healthcare reform legislation is enacted. More ICD-10: Revenue losses loom HealthLeaders Media Share
With mounting mandates and competing priorities, many leaders have yet to focus on the ICD-10 directive, and just 3 percent of respondents in the new HealthLeaders Media Intelligence Report feel they are ready to make the transition. With 46 percent of respondents anticipating revenue losses, just what is impeding implementation? More Why HHS abandoned 'mystery shopper' study American Medical News Share
A proposed initiative using so-called mystery shoppers to determine the level of access to primary care physicians across the country has been put on hold indefinitely following scrutiny of the proposal. The Department of Health and Human Services decided June 28 not to go forward with the proposed study after reviewing public comments on the plan, an HHS official said. Instead, the department said it will continue to focus on other initiatives aimed at increasing access to healthcare services. More
Feds propose co-op rule worth billions Medpage Today Share
The Department of Health and Human Services has released proposed rules to implement a consumer operated and oriented program, calling for nearly $4 billion to start nonprofit, member-run health insurance companies. Co-ops were once a central focus of the Affordable Care Act, but were pushed out of the spotlight by more controversial matters. The final healthcare reform bill allocated just $6 billion for the program, which is a small slice of the total ACA. This proposed rule would make $3.8 billion available in federal loans to assist with the operation of co-ops in every state. More Poor oversight of Medicare billing, coding costs hospital $341,000 FierceHealthcare Share
Sure, Medicare's maze of billing and coding requirements is difficult to understand. And sometimes the software vendors don't quite keep up with all the twists and turns. But those excuses won't float when it comes to sending inaccurate claims to CMS, as Weymouth, Mass.-based South Shore Hospital recently learned. The OIG recently slapped the 318 bed acute care hospital with $314,000 in overpayments after an audit uncovered a troubling error rate among South Shore's inpatient and outpatient claims. More HIPAA 5010 publisher offers compliance aid Health Data Management Share
The WPC Services consulting subsidiary of Washington Publishing Company has launched a program to help hospitals and delivery systems evaluate progress in adopting the new HIPAA 5010 transaction sets by January 2012. More If you're interested in becoming a member of AAHAM, please contact Membership Director Moayad Zahralddin at 703-281-4043 ext. 202 or moayad@aaham.org. |
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