About the authors
Melinda Tully, MSN, CCDS, is Senior VP of Clinical Services and Education and has 25+ years in Acute Care as a Clinical Specialist and Nurse Practitioner. Her area of specialty is clinical documentation education focused on continuous quality improvement.
Paul Weygandt, MD, JD, MPH, MBA, is a Certified Physician Executive (CPE) with over 20 years of combined experience in medical management, legal counsel, and orthopedic surgery. His area of specialty is facilitating CFO-CMO/VPMA/Physician Relationships to drive quality improvement.
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- David Block MD, PhD on ICD-10: AMA Decision Tries to Avoid the Inevitable – and Will Likely Fail
- David Block MD, PhD on Open Medicare Database, Good or Bad for Healthcare?
- Steve Sisko on ICD-10 Impact on Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial Reimbursement
- Admin on AMA Votes to Stop ICD-10
- David Block MD, PhD on AMA Votes to Stop ICD-10
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Payment changes to post-acute care providers
This just in from Becker’s Hospital Review: The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission discussed draft recommendations for payment changes to post-acute care providers starting in fiscal year 2013, according to an AHA News Now report. Among its possible draft recommendations, MedPAC … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, Payment
Tagged j.a. thomas, jata, medicare payment advisory, medpac payment changes, medpac payment reductions.
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CMS announces policy, payment rate changes for Physician Fee Schedule 2012
As announced today by CMS: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued a final rule with comment period that updates payment policies and rates for physicians and nonphysician practitioners (NPPs) for services paid under the Medicare Physician … Continue reading
CMS Launches New Bundled Payment Initiative
This just in from CMS: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation today announced the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative to help improve care for patients while they are in the hospital and after they are discharged. Doctors, hospitals, … Continue reading
Posted in Bundled Payment, Finance
Tagged cms bundled payment, j. a. thomas & Associates
CMS Final Rule Updating Medicare Payment Policies and Rates for FY 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that will update Medicare payment policies and rates for hospitals in fiscal year (FY) 2012. According to CMS, the final rule, which will affect Medicare payments to general … Continue reading
Posted in Clinical Documentation, Finance, Health Reform
Tagged cms final rule, cms medicare payment rates, jata
CMS coding adjustment less than expected
According to Healthleaders, CMS surprised many when it released its final rule for the FY 2012 Inpatient Prospective Payment System integral to inpatient Medicare reimbursement at short-term and long-term acute care hospitals as announced in an August 1 press release. … Continue reading
Proposed Medicare rules on raising rates, doc reimbursement and quality measures
According to Modern Healthcare, CMS issued proposed Medicare rules that would increase hospital outpatient rates by 1.5%, increase ambulatory surgical center payments by 0.9%, and decrease physician reimbursement by 29.5%, with the cut coming as a result of previous delays of mandated cuts tied … Continue reading
Developing a Physician Management Analytics Platform to Enhance Clinical Delivery
This year, myself and Dr. Paul Weygandt, along with three esteemed co-presenters from Lancaster General Health, will be discussing physician management analytics platforms at HFMA’s 2011 ANI Conference in Orlando. This will be a panel discussion on Lancaster General Hospital’s … Continue reading
HFMA Talks Revenue Cycle and Improving Performance
It won’t be long before HFMA’s 2011 ANI Healthcare Finance Conference in Orlando. HFMA is focusing this year’s show on improving performance and below is a Q&A posted by HFMA with revenue cycle experts on ways to achieve this goal. There … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, Health Reform
Tagged ani conference 2011, hfma, paul weygandt, revenue cycle
Senior Healthcare Professionals to Meet at the National Healthcare CFO Summit
The National Healthcare CFO Summit takes place on May 25 – 27, 2011 at the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa, Hollywood, Fla. The National Healthcare CFO Summit offers a unique format for attendees to attend strategic summit sessions led by thought … Continue reading
Posted in Finance
Tagged The National Healthcare CFO Summit
Plan Ahead ICD-10 Guide for Physician Leaders
Physician leaders have very limited time to implement a strategy, not just to introduce their medical staffs to the concept of ICD-10, but also to present the concept in a manner that will build a collaborative approach. Physician leaders will … Continue reading
