Oregon Medicaid to Use CCOs Later This Year

by | Mar 14, 2012 | Blog

Oregon Medicaid will begin using coordinated care organizations (CCOs) instead of their historical fee-for-service model for paying physicians beginning later this year. The House approved the Senate Bill 1580 in mid-February. Under the legislation, signed by Oregon...

Congress Passes Bill to Delay Medicare Payment Reduction

by | Mar 7, 2012 | Blog

On February 17, Congress approved a measure to avert a 27 percent reduction in Medicare payments that was set to occur at the end of the month as part of their Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). The bill delays the impending cut in Medicare pay rates for the rest of the...

CMS to Reevaluate ICD-10 Timeline

by | Feb 17, 2012 | Blog

All of the protests against the ICD-10 implementation deadline appears to be paying off. Acting CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner just told reporters, after speaking at the American Medical Association Advocacy Conference in Washington, that the CMS will...

Meaningful Night Out Presentation and Slides

by | Nov 11, 2010 | Blog

We would like to thank everyone who attended our Meaningful Night Out presentation. The focus of our presentation was to acknowledge that adopting a certified electronic health record system can seem overwhelming. Furthermore, the process of attaining the $44,000 to...