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Uncategorized Published - 10 July, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
14 Statistics on Physician Income Trends, Demographics and Billing

Jackson Healthcare, a healthcare staffing company, has released its annual study of trends affecting physicians’ medical practices and careers. The company surveyed 1,527 physicians from April 18 to June 5. According to the survey, physicians whose income increased in the past year are more likely than those whose income decreased to report the following concerning […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 July, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
CMS official: ICD-10 test week sees nearly 90% claims approval

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services accepted 89 percent of ICD-10 front-end test claims submitted by providers, suppliers, billing companies and clearinghouses according to Niall Brennan, acting director of the agency’s Offices of Enterprise Management. Brennan, in a post to CMS.gov said a total of 2,600 participants submitted more than 127,000 claims with ICD-10 […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 July, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
50 Largest For-Profit Hospitals in America 2014

I thought our followers would like to read this information. Here are the 50 largest for-profit hospitals in America, listed by number of beds. Figures are based on CMS cost report data analyzed by American Hospital Directory. Data are for short term acute-care hospitals, critical access hospitals and children’s hospitals. Data was analyzed June 3, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 July, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Spontaneous “Heparin-Induced” Thrombocytopenia

Authors: Warkentin TE et al., Blood 2014 Jun 5; 123:3651 New evidence supports the existence of a clinical syndrome closely resembling heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, but not provoked by heparin. The term “heparin-induced” is in quotes because the variety of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) in the current study occurred in two patients not exposed to heparin. These patients […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 July, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
2015 Medicare Payment Proposed Rules Released Pain Code Cuts Reversed

I received this info from the ASA today so I wanted to share with our followers. On Thursday, July 3, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year (CY) 2015 Medicare physician fee schedule proposed rule.  This proposed rule outlines proposed changes to policies and payment rates for services rendered on […]

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