Medicare Paycuts averted
President Obama Signs the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012: New Law Includes Physician Update Fix through December 2013 On Wednesday, January 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law the American...
View ArticleFiscal Cliff Act and Tax Code 179
With the recently passed American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (also known as the Fiscal Cliff Act), there have been significant changes to Tax Code 179. 1) 2012 Tax Code 179 cap amount was $139,000. It...
View Article$1.2 billion in EHR incentives in December
According to CMS estimates $1.2 billion in payments were made in December as EHR incentive payments to hospitals, physicians and other professionals. According to CMS this is the single largest monthly...
View Article2013 – top health industry issues
PwC’s Health Research Institute (HRI) today published its annual list of the Top Health Industry Issues for 2013. With the Health Industry accounting for almost 20% of the US economy, the...
View ArticleMedicare announces 106 ACOs in Jan, one in Nevada
Medicare announced 106 new ACO contracts last week, that offer financial incentives to improve quality of care. According to the CMS press release at least half of all ACOs are physician-led...
View ArticleCISCO selling Linksys, Intel leaving PC biz!
Belkin announced last week that it is buying the home networking business of Cisco, including the Linksys router brand. Cisco is moving away from from the consumer and small business space. We have...
View ArticleMore physicians leaving Private Practice
A trend we have noticed with decreasing reimbursements, increasing costs and need for higher patient volumes our area was confirmed by a new report published recently by Accenture:...
View ArticleFree EMR Event in Las Vegas
Healthcare Systems of Las Vegas: Haven’t chosen an EMR software or are you not happy with your current choice? Want a hosted solution? Stop by and get all your questions answered in one place! Inform...
View ArticleICD10 and the Future of EMR
ICD-10 Deadline: October 1, 2014 Countdown to compliance has begun, with 215 days until the ICD10 deadline hits us here in the medical profession. 76, 000 codes are detailed in ICD-10, and the latest...
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