Social Media Has Important Role in Patient Engagement

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...

Anesthesiology Business Consultants Raided by Feds

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,...

Will Anesthesiologists Be Replaced By Machines?

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...

CMS: ICD-10 Claims Acceptance Rate Rises

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...