by MBA Medical | Jul 28, 2015 | Blog
Increasing patient engagement is vital for improving patient outcomes and maintaining a financially prosperous medical practice. It’s so important that The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made it part of their EHR meaningful use requirements. There are...
by MBA Medical | Jul 20, 2015 | Blog, News
Last week, Anesthesiology Business Consultants, a physician billing and practice management company, was raided by 20 federal agents at their Jackson, Michigan offices. The agents with the Department of Health and Human Services were brought in from Detroit,...
by MBA Medical | Jun 11, 2015 | Blog
Machines replacing human workers has long been associated with the manufacturing workforce. But it’s encroaching on all kinds of professions, including anesthesiology. The Sedasys anesthesiology machine is currently only being used in four hospitals, and is restricted...
by MBA Medical | Jun 10, 2015 | Blog
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved two new Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) measures and 16 non-PQRS measures developed by the American Society of Anesthesiologists and its affiliate, Anesthesia Quality Institute (AQI). That...
by MBA Medical | May 7, 2015 | Blog
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to accumulate what it says are successful tests of handling claims with ICD-10 codes. CMS says that 775 physicians and other providers submitted nearly 9,000 claims during acknowledgement testing in...