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So what’s RCM?
By Neale Pashley Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) refers to a payment process that integrates an all-inclusive range of tools, practices, techniques and solutions that are closely interconnected to information and operational healthcare services. The goal of RCM is to ensure the healthcare provider or facility has a friction-free billing and payment process. An RCM Strategy…
Read MoreLawmakers Attempt To Protect Physicians From Medicare Cuts With New Legislation
Lawmakers from both parties attempted to avoid reductions in reimbursement for radiologists and other specialists by introducing new legislation Friday. To cover the difference between 2020 and 2021, they created “Holding Providers Harmless from Medicare Cuts During COVID-19 Act”. The reps who sponsored the bill have hindsight over the headwinds physicians are currently facing and…
Read MoreASTRO and ACR Victory in Delaying CMS RO Model
The Centers of Medicare and Medicare Services has heard the pleas in the letter written and signed by the American Society for Radiation Oncology and The American College of Radiology regarding their bundled payment model. The model was set to start on Jan. 1; however, they asked for it to be delayed by six months…
Read MoreASTRO Asks Congress to Delay New CMS Model by Six Months for the Sake of Suffering Clinics
CMS recently unveiled a new payment model for radiation therapy for cancer patients that is set to launch Jan. 1 and expected to save Medicare $230 million over five years. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services first finalized the model on September 18, creating a bundle-payment system during a 90-day episode of care with…
Read More2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Act Now
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released their proposal for changes to the Medicare payment system which is slated to go into effect on January 1, 2021. According to the American College of Radiology (ACR), the news is not good for radiologists. Those who have analyzed the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) are finding…
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