Listen up, doctors, suppliers, and anyone billing Medicare for patient care! There’s a new wrinkle in the world of enrollment – the “stay of enrollment.” Don’t worry, it’s not a complete shutdown, but it is a yellow card from Medicare. So, What Exactly is a Stay of Enrollment? Think of it like a temporary hold
By: Dr.Chelsia Bhatti The Holiday season of 2020 is going to be like no other holiday time in history that any of us has ever experienced. COVID-19 started many months ago, and unfortunately, we have entered a resurgence of COVID cases across the country recently-and this time it is everywhere, not just in pockets. In
(This article is the culmination of “Implement Telehealth into Your Medical Practice Parts 1 and 2) In the past, the rules and restrictions surrounding the billing of telemedicine visits by Medicare were very tight. Because of the global pandemic that we currently find ourselves in, there has been a loosening of restrictions surrounding this service
(This article is a continuation of “Implement Telehealth into Your Medical Practice Part 1) Getting started with telehealth in your medical practice is not as daunting a task as it may seem. There may be some things to get used to, but once you start implementing it and using it, you will see how it
To many clinicians, just the term “telemedicine” brings on a collective groan. How can adding more technology to your medical practice be a great thing? After all, implementing and utilizing EMR’s in the practice for many was a headache, and for some, still is. But creating telemedicine as a service line in your practice will
Just a few short months ago, no one would have been able to predict that there would be a virus that would wreak havoc on our daily lives and that this crisis would spur such upheaval as it has in the medical community at large. Unfortunately, this is the reality that we are living in
As tradition always had it, workers would clock in at their jobs at 9am and clock out at 5 pm. Sometimes, there would be instances in which the employees would be required to come into work early or stay late. With the advent of technology, however, the world evolved and came closer together. People were
Electronic health records (EHR) have been fully established in the U.S. medical system since 2008, but surprisingly there has been a very slow adoption of fully integrated EHR systems in practice in both primary care settings and within hospitals. For those who have invested in EHR, physicians report high levels of satisfaction and confidence in
Going to see the doctor can be a very scary proposition for many patients. It has been proven that it is common for patients to experience anxiety over a doctor’s visit. Why? It really boils down to a fear of getting bad news, since individuals tend to typically only go to the doctor when they