Our weekly series of “Getting Back to Basics with Your Business Systems” is designed to help ensure you are running a profitable business. This week we will review how new payer credentialing requirements are putting more pressure on medical practices and how easily...
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Maximize Revenue — Getting Back to Basics with Your Business Systems
Our weekly series of "Getting Back to Basics with Your Business Systems" is designed to help ensure you are running a profitable business. This week we will review how one code variation can cost you a lot of money! Don't leave potential money on the table... Read...
Getting Back to Basics with Your Business Systems — Show Me the Money
Overwhelmed? It's important to get back to the basics and we are here to help! Welter Healthcare Partners is producing a series of articles with tips to help your business thrive. We will be sharing pointers that you should consider to ensure you are running a...
Fall Provider Seminars Reminder – Register Today!
Anthem (Blue Cross Blue Shield) is preparing for the fall provider seminars and we encourage you to sign up today. There will be important topics covered as we look forward and plan for 2019. nIn-person sessions are available on various dates at different locations,...
2019 ICD-10-CM Updates
2019 ICD-10-CM updates will soon go into effect on October 1st. These changes will impact encounters for dates of service October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. It is imperative that your organization has up-to-date coding resources and a keen understanding of...
Hospitals Give CMS their Stark Law Wish List
Hospitals have called on the CMS to take concrete steps to revise federal anti-kickback laws and support providers' move to value-based care, including revising what is considered a referral to giving providers protection for unintentional violations.nnAll in all, the...
Welter Healthcare Partners Celebrates YOU!
Hard work never fades…nIt lives in your achievements, it lives in your success stories and always inspires the generations to come. We salute you for the amazing work you do! Sending you warm wishes on Labor Day!nnIn honor of this special holiday, Welter Healthcare...
Upcoming Changes to Novitasphere Log In Requirements
New login requirements for Medicare — Action RequirednnThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be implementing a system security change that affects the Novitasphere log in requirements for maintaining access.nnEffective September 1, 2018,...
University of Colorado Hospital Decline To Speak To UnitedHealthcare Members
Providers affiliated with UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and University of Colorado School of Medicine are no longer seeing patients with UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plans, a UCHealth spokesperson said.nnSpokesperson Dan Weaver said in a statement...
Kaiser Permanente Colorado says it will no longer be a Medicaid provider for 2,500 patients
Kaiser Permanente Colorado said Monday it has notified about 2,500 patients that it will no longer serve as a Medicaid provider in some areas of the state.nnKaiser Permanente stopped providing health services as a Medicaid provider in its northern, southern and...
CMS Released CY 2019 Physician Fee Scheduled Proposed Rule
Yesterday CMS released their CY 2019 physician fee schedule proposed rule, which includes major proposed changes to E&M coding. Below is my review of this component of their propose rule, including page references to the source in the federal register.nnWe all...
Site-Neutral Payment Policy Causes Battle Royale Between CMS, Hospitals
As the CMS charts a path to level pay for outpatient services, it's also leading toward a head-to-head battle with powerful hospital lobbying groups as some providers win and lose with site-neutral payments. Check out the article, below, for more information!nIf the...