Physician's Payment Update 1999 Index
Physician's Payment Update 1999 Index
Billing
Better billing statements lead to faster payments, MAY: 75
Change in Medicare billing rules starts in April, APR: 61
Putting more oomph into your billing practices, NOV: 163
Capitation
Beyond basics: Looking ahead at cap systems, JUL: 109
How to choose capitation software that works for you, JUL: 108
Most practices still chaffing under capitation, DEC: 178
Pharmacy capitation zooms into the national limelight, AUG: 118
Price controls pondered to tame pharmacy costs, JUL: 111
Risk-adjusted payments offer some protection, AUG: 125
Coding
Aging of population means more cardiac procedures, APR: 55
Avoid a common problem: Keep up to date on rules, MAY: 72
Base discharge codes on carrier preference, JAN: 7
Check for lab cultures to find neutropenic code, JAN: 7
Coders can help thwart Medicare 'bounty hunters,' SEP: 135
Coding: No longer the red-headed stepchild, MAY: 71
Coding of collagen implants for incontinence, MAR: 42
Confidential exchanges in the electronic age, OCT: 152
CPT codes changed for skin graft operations, MAR: 40
CPT panel endorses E/M code revisions, JUL: 103
Document precisely to avoid care plan errors, JUN: 87
Encryption available through Medical E-mail, OCT: 153
Feds taking closer look at hospital-owned practices, NOV: 174
It's time to look at the nitty-gritty of EDI, AUG: 119
Making histories unique avoids similarity problems, OCT: 154
Medicare rules established for home glucose monitors, MAR: 39
More clinical data needed for occipital coding, FEB: 24
New CPT book shows immunization changes, JAN: 8
Outpatient rehab codes outlined in 1998 document, JUN: 88
Random billing audits help ensure full payment, MAR: 38
Same coders handle both physicians and hospital, NOV: 167
Same-day treatments require special coding, MAR: 39
Schedule outlines dates for release of HIPAA rules, AUG: 120
Separate fee allowed for specimen collection, JAN: 10
Stimulation therapy has many faces, OCT: 151
Strabismus surgery coding easier this year, MAR: 41
The nitty-gritty behind prolonged service codes, FEB: 23
Tips for coding for breast excisional biopsy, FEB: 26
Unknown upcoding can put you at risk, NOV: 169
Watch for changes in new NCCI version, FEB: 25
You know Parts A and B; now comes Part C, MAY: 74
Compliance
Compliance corner: What regulators are up to, JUN: 85
Here are questions to ask in setting probe scope, JUN: 84
OIG issues rule on 'integrity' bank, DEC: 180
OIG report outlines key components of an effective compliance program, JUN: 81
Software provides compliance help, JUN: 83
Contracting
Smaller HMOs reported on verge of bankruptcy, DEC: 179
Wrong message delivered in bargaining effort, APR: 54
Fraud and abuse
Documentation tops list of compliance bugaboos, FEB: 20
Feds offering new break to wrongdoers who confess, JAN: 5
Feds tap private companies for fraud/abuse help, JUL: 101
Fraud probe caseload getting to be a burden, APR: 63
Here are the key rules for home health compliance, FEB: 19
How to deal with staff if the feds come probing, JUL: 99
Knock knock: Who's there? Fraud cops; what to do when the joke turns sour, JUL: 97
Know your rights, and defend them, during a search of your office, AUG: 113
Medicare carriers fail fraud and abuse audit, SEP: 139
New provider user fees would finance HCFA fraud and abuse probes, MAR: 33
New reason for doctor house calls: Feds tighten rules on physician role, FEB:17
OIG deputizes billers as fraud police, FEB: 21
OIG fraud/abuse plan for next year will expand Stark 'safe harbors,' NOV: 161
OIG puts death grip on gainsharing agreements, SEP: 134
OIG work plan outlines its investigatory priorities, JAN: 4
White House crime bill includes new fraud tools, MAY: 70
Health Care Financing Administration
AMA has a laundry list of complaints against HCFA, APR: 50
Consensus getting closer on provider ID rules, MAR: 44
Electronic claims filing 'is the way to go', MAR: 45
HCFA clears way for new lab rules, DEC: 180
HCFA emphasizes proactive abuse probes, JAN: 3
HCFA introduces new malpractice formula, SEP: 130
HCFA plans to offer new enrollment criteria, forms, AUG: 124
HCFA will change some claim review procedures, MAR: 34
Incentive plan analysis can avoid problems, FEB: 27
Part B claim challenges may be handled by phone, NOV: 173
Physicians shed the kid gloves, come out swinging against HCFA, APR: 49
The AMA's complaints against HCFA, APR: 51
Medicare policy
AMA responds to HCFA's 'senior cop' effort, JUL: 100
Bill seeks to expand use of telemedicine, JUN: 94
Bill would bring changes to education funding, MAY: 79
Capitation model faces massive changes in 2000, MAY: 69
Groups want $3 billion for Medicare underpayments, NOV: 172
Medicare hospital cuts could affect physicians, AUG: 116
Medicare intermediaries in spotlight of new federal effort to cut fraud, abuse, JAN: 1
Medicare plans to open up coverage decision making, JUN: 86
Medicare reform package gives and takes away, AUG: 117
MedPAC changes could aid practice bottom line, APR: 59
Providers want changes in new ambulatory rates, OCT: 159
Medicare+Choice
HCFA issues changes to Medicare+ Choice program, APR: 61
The rush isn't on for PSO licensing, JAN: 12
Payments
Collecting ratios can show how much you're owned, OCT: 146
Faster payments promised with new system, JAN: 11
How to get paid when the physician is away, NOV: 165
MCO boosts cap rates to physicians who teach, MAY: 77
MD pay continues to slip, but MCO income heads up, JUL: 101
Midwest alliance focuses on quicker claim payments, JAN: 13
Office-based practices get boost as HCFA releases new fee schedule, DEC: 177
OIG OKs plan to help financially needy patients, JAN: 14
Other ways to look at net collection percentages, OCT: 147
Physician pay increasing at slower rate, OCT: 158
Physicians admit deception to get patients coverage, AUG: 125
Practice expense formula will be phased in, DEC: 178
Primary care, office practices gain in new fee schedule from HCFA, SEP: 129
Prompt-pay law in effect, but the problem continues, JAN: 6
Quick steps you can take to stop managed care payers from stiffing you, OCT: 145
Reimbursement analysis pays big dividends, FEB: 22
State fines 14 plans for violating prompt-pay law, MAY: 78
Steps you can take to get paid more quickly, APR: 52
Supreme Court affirms payment appeal limits, APR: 62
Teaching hospitals decry budgetary cutbacks, JUN: 91
Thinking like an auditor can speed your payments, MAR: 36
Tips on structuring a smart physician pay plan, NOV: 171
Top-performing practices garner more cash up front, MAR: 43
Practice management
Commercial carriers doing more audits, MAR: 35
Constant communication helps office run smoothly, SEP: 140
Disease management helps patients and bottom line, DEC: 182
Don't like your PPMC? Tips for voiding a contract, FEB: 29
Don't peddle products, AMA tells physicians, AUG: 127
Group medical sessions can pay dividends, DEC: 188
Here's how a DIGMA works, DEC: 189
It takes a 'champion' to set up a DIGMA, DEC: 190
Lack of firing procedures can be costly for practices, JUN: 92
Medical group mergers show slowing trend, MAY: 76
RVU benchmarking key to controlling expenses, SEP: 132
Y2K
Agency questions HCFA's ability to operate after the arrival of Y2K, MAY: 65
A last-minute triage plan for Y2K compliance, OCT: 149
Check on these key areas to gauge Y2K readiness, MAY: 68
Focus on billing, claims as 2000 approaches, DEC: 181
How to check your PC for year 2000 readiness, OCT: 155
Legal audit determines your liability exposure, OCT: 156
Most Medicare MCOs not Y2K ready, JUL: 107
Simple ways to determine if you are Y2K-ready, OCT: 150
Singing the Y2K blues? You can still change the tune, MAY: 67
Y2K: Think you're ready? Surprises may await you, OCT: 148
Your Y2K to-do list should focus on carriers, NOV: 163
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