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		<title>Billing Medicare for Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Technical Component????    Accreditation Requirements Effective January 1, 2012 – Medicare to stop Reimbursing Unaccredited Providers!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 3, 2012 The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (&#8220;CMS&#8221;) adopted new accreditation requirements for providers of diagnostic images billing the technical component of such services earlier last year.  The new requirements, effective as of January 1, 2012, require that any supplier of images for the technical component only, be accredited, otherwise reimbursement will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making a List for 2012, Checking it Twice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 28, 2011 It&#8217;s that time of the year again to make your resolutions for the New Year.  Below are a few proposed resolutions from your concerned healthcare attorney.   Find out what the heck Medicare&#8217;s Version 5010 is and make sure your practice has it in place by January 1, 2012, or make sure  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5010 Transition Delayed to March 31, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 22, 2011 The below information was provided by coding expert Jackie Thelian.  The relevance to many of your practices and timeliness made this a ripe topic for distribution.  I hope you find it helpful!  &#8211; Jennifer 5010 Transition Delayed to March 31, 2012 &#160; Not That Simple &#160; By: Jacqueline Thelian, CPC, CPC-I &#160; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is my contract negotiable? Do I need a review?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Kirschenbaum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 20, 2011 Question: Jennifer, I am joining a large group practice and my contact is a broker.  I do not believe my contract is negotiable.   Is it worth getting a review and trying to negotiate? Thanks, Dr. J Answer: Whether its worth having a contract reviewed, and whether a contract is negotiable are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OIG Determines Testing Company Arrangement May Create Liability Exposure</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Kirschenbaum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 15, 2011 The Office of the Inspector General (&#8220;OIG&#8221;) regularly issues opinions on potential arrangements, providing guidance as to whether those arrangement pass muster under Anti-Kickback statute scrutiny.   For those unfamiliar, the anti-kickback statute &#8220;makes it a criminal offense knowingly and willfully to offer, pay, solicit, or receive any remuneration to induce or reward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employee Wage Notices Due before Feb 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Kirschenbaum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 8, 2011 A few months ago we reported the passage of the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act.  This new law requires employers to provide written notice to employees of their rate of pay, calculation of hours, allowances, and other wage and benefit information – not only when they are hired, but also on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$500k or more ordered or received from Medicaid and/or Medicaid-HMOs? Medicaid December 31st Compliance Certification Deadline Quickly Approaching</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 1, 2011 Required to Comply? If you receive or order more than $500,000 in any consecutive twelve-month period from Medicaid, you are required to have a written compliance plan in place at your practice. Importantly, the $500,000 precipice includes: (1) straight Medicaid and Medicaid HMO monies; and (2) the amount of “ordered” services, not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Thanks to certain office employees and not others</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Kirschenbaum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 29, 2011 Question: Jennifer, Is it okay for me to give a well-deserved bonus this season to one office employee but not to others? Thanks, Dr. Q Answer: Sure, unless you have a policy that says otherwise, which you may and not be aware of.  If you have an employee handbook that states employees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Value-Based Medicine?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Kirschenbaum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 22, 2011 Well&#8230;there is no concrete, defined answer at this point as to what constitutes value-based medicine or the model that our system is attempting to move towards &#8211; as is being (or rather, at this point, attempted to be) guided by Medicare.  What we know about value-based medicine thus far, is that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interested in what your colleagues are charging?  Your patients may be&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Kirschenbaum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 17, 2011 Its not news to report that patients are coming to your practice more informed today with information (correct and incorrect) from the internet.  That information had seemingly been focused on medical information and reputation reviews for the most part.  What is cropping up now, and has been for some time, are sites [...]]]></description>
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