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A dozen years ago, we were wearing beepers and using Palm Pilots to organize our business worlds and a sales guy walks into the office and says, “I have a software program on a palm pilot that allows physicians to key in patient visit data and it pops out a CPT code that... Read More

Recently President Obama released his proposed budget which included many aspects of Healthcare that will be affected by this plan. Last week the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) released their thoughts through the MGMA Washington Connexion. Here is what they had to... Read More

The AMA is not pleased about all aspects of President Obama’s recent budget release and the effects on healthcare! On April 10, Dr Lazarus released the following statement related to Obama’s budget proposal. April 10, 2013 Statetment attributable to: Jeremy Lazarus,... Read More

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a ruling and a proposed rule revising the agency’s policy on Medicare Part B billing for an inpatient stay when a CMS contractor has determined that the inpatient admission was not reasonable and necessary. Prior... Read More

The big news that came out of this year’s HIMSS conference held last week in New Orleans is “interoperability”. Six of the nation’s largest healthcare IT software vendors announced the CommonWell Health Alliance. Cerner, McKesson, Allscripts, athenahealth,... Read More

Initial sequestration cuts represent the first installment of over $1 trillion in across-the-board reductions over 10 years. Cuts to Medicare reimbursement rates are expected to begin with services provided on or after April 1 even though the sequestration order was issued on... Read More

Is anything timeless? Typewriters, fax machines, three piece suits (HA), PDAs, email accounts you have to pay for, getting film developed, movies rental stores, maps, newspaper classifieds, the landline, long distance charges, public pay phones, VCR’s, phone books, dictionaries... Read More

It’s no surprise that the content of most Risk Management courses and seminars for medical practices focuses on improving communication with patients.  This is because risk managers know that better communication from physicians and staff to their patients reduces the likelihood... Read More

With Congress currently at a standstill, it seems increasingly likely that $85 billion in automatic, across-the-board cuts to government spending will be triggered on Friday. The cuts, known as sequestration, are set to begin March 1 unless Congress intervenes. If the cuts are... Read More

Without going into details of the reason for my latest encounter with the clinical side of medicine…….let me detail my business experience.  I became eligible for Medicare (MCR) on November 1 of last year, and being in reasonably good health, decided to participate in... Read More