1. June 2013
In This Issue
Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS):
Your Questions Answered
As you may already know, Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)
is a program that was created in order to obtain quality information
from physicians. The basis of this program is to use pay-for-performance
incentives and adjustments to help steer physicians toward improvement
in quality healthcare.
This Resource helps answer some of the most
frequently asked PQRS questions. In it, we answer:
• What Do I Need to Do?
• What Materials/Equipment Do I Need?
• How Do I Train My Staff?
• How and When Do I Need To Submit?
• When Can I Expect Payment?
Click here to access our PQRS Resource.
Why Ignoring ICD-10 Won’t Make it Go Away
1.1
Physician Quality
Reporting System
(PQRS):
Your Questions
Answered
1.2
Why Ignoring ICD-
10 Won’t Make it
Go Away
2.3
The Uncertain
Future of In-Office
Physical
Therapy for
Orthopedic Offices
2.4
Workers
Compensation
and ICD-10
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The US Dept. of Health and Human Services
has directed the supplanting of the ICD-9-CM
code sets, those currently utilized by physicians,
medical billers and coders to report healthcare
procedures and diagnoses, with ICD-10 codes.
Implementation is to be effected on October
1, 2014. Its implementation will impact and
completely change the current coding
system. It will necessitate a huge amount of
effort to implement, and it isn’t going to go
away. Individual and organizational health
providers need to get on board with training if
they expect to get paid for their services after
October 1, 2014.
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The Uncertain Future of In-Office Physical
Therapy for Orthopedic Offices
President Obama released his
proposed 2014 budget on April 16,
2013 which may have potential
impact on orthopedic in-office
ancillary services and procedures.
The suggested budget contains
a proposal that would eliminate
the Stark Law’s exemption for in-
office referrals. Currently there is an
exemption from the Stark Law for in-
office self referrals for physical therapy and certain other treatments
and diagnostic procedures. President Obama’s new budget proposal
would eliminate that exemption, stopping these types of “self referrals”.
Click here to read the full article.
Workers Compensation and ICD-10
Workers’ compensation
commercial insurers are non-
covered entities under HIPPA
and therefore exempt from
the mandate to convert their
billing practices to ICD-10. This
has created some confusion
and concern as to what the
impact will be on processing
claims submitted by medical
service providers who treat a
large number of worker’s compensation patients.
Click here to read the full article.