Participate in CMS Quality Programs Now, Avoid Medicare Reimbursement Penalties Later
Physicians’ Medicare reimbursement in the coming years will be impacted by their participation in…
HAP Radiology Billing and Coding Blog
Barbara Conrad
04/04/2014
SGR Delay Averts 2014 Medicare Physician Reimbursement Cut
On April 1st, President Obama signed into law the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 that…
Barbara Conrad
01/31/2014
Evaluating the Impact of the 2014 MPFS on Radiology Reimbursement
When the dust finally settled, we could see how the 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS)…
Barbara Conrad
12/27/2013
Radiology and Radiation Oncology: Regulatory Changes for 2014
The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) contains lower reimbursement in 2014 for diagnostic…
Barbara Conrad
12/18/2013
CMS to Deny Imaging Claims without Proper Order Information
CMS, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has announced that it will begin full…
HAP USA
09/11/2013
Radiology Billing Denials - Don't Take No for an Answer
Unfortunately denials are a fact of life, but in radiology billing, there isn’t much room for…
Barbara Conrad
05/29/2013
Radiology Billing – Don’t Lose Legitimate Revenue to the MPPR
In recent years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has broadened its use of the…
Barbara Conrad
05/07/2013
Monitoring Physician Reimbursement for Underpayments in Radiology
Imagine that your radiology practice realized a $750,000 in underpayments in two years. Now…
Barbara Conrad
03/29/2013
Sequester Cuts Medicare Physician Reimbursement beginning April 1st
Physicians will begin to see their Medicare payments cut by 2% for services rendered beginning…
Barbara Conrad
03/07/2013
Medicare Place of Service - Logistical Problems for Radiology Billing
Radiology practices using teleradiology – servicing both hospitals and imaging centers – will have…