reimbursement

Impact of MACRA Legislation and MIPS Scores on Value Analysis for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Devices

Introduction: The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) changes clinician reimbursement from a fee-for-service payment system to a fee-for-value system. Physicians are scor...

02/09/2019

Business Briefs

NCCI Edit Files & The Data Filter

02/08/2019

Kathleen D. Schaum, MS

National Correct Coding Initiative edits continue to be an area of confusion for many wound care stakeholders. This article offers helpful resources and a practice exercise to help keep wound clinics current.

National Correct Coding...

02/08/2019

Today's Wound Clinic

Business Briefs

Integrated Outpatient Code Editor: An Underused Resource

01/09/2019

Kathleen D. Schaum, MS

Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. Every effort has been made to ensure information accuracy. However, HMP Communications and the author do not represent, guarantee, or warranty that...

Information regarding coding,...

01/09/2019

Today's Wound Clinic

Business Briefs

Hierarchical Condition Categories & Risk-Adjustment Scores: An Outline

12/10/2018

Kathleen D. Schaum, MS

Information regarding coding,...

12/10/2018

Today's Wound Clinic

Reduction Mammoplasty: Intraoperative Weight Versus Pathology Weight and Its Implications

12/10/2017

Publisher:Open Science Company, LLC
Matthew R. Zeiderman, MD, Shahrooz Sean Kelishadi, MD, John Paul Tutela, MD, Saeed Chowdhry, MD, Ronald M. Brooks, MD, and Bradon J. Wilhelmi, MD

Publisher:Open Science Company, LLCMa...

Reduction Mammoplasty: Intraoperative Weight Versus Pathology Weight and Its Implications Matthew R. Zeiderman, MD, Shahrooz Sean Kelishadi, MD, John Paul Tutela, MD, Saeed Chowdhry, MD, Ronald M. Brooks, MD, and Bradon J....

Reduction Mammoplasty:...

12/10/2017

ePlasty

Commentary

The "May Be Appropriate" PCI: Ambiguities in the Appropriate Use Classification

10/28/2016

Lloyd W. Klein, MD; Ibett Colina, MD; Charles McKay, MD

Lloyd W. Klein, MD; Ibett Colina, MD...

This editorial discusses the upcoming revision to the Appropriate Use Criteria for Revascularization, and its implications on physician reimbursement and patient-centered care.

This editorial discusses the...

10/28/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Perspectives

The Use of Risk-Sharing Agreements to Manage Costs, Mitigate Risk, and Improve Value for Pharmaceutical Products

10/28/2015

Alex Bastian, MBA

Deeksha Dua, MBBS, MPH

Sahand Mirzahossein, MBA

In this article, the authors review the types of RSAs that have been implemented to date, with a specific focus on two European countries (the United Kingdom and Italy) and on the United States.

In this article, the authors...

10/28/2015

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Research in Review

Radiation Over-Treatment Most Common for Privately Insured Patients

10/09/2015

JCP Editors

Almost half of patients with advanced stage lung cancer are receiving more than the recommended number of palliative radiation treatments, says a new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer...

Almost...

10/09/2015

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Partner Resource

Long-Term Care Regulatory and Practice Changes: Impact on Care, Quality, and Access

08/06/2015

Richard G. Stefanacci

Long-term care (LTC) is undergoing major changes sure to impact all LTC providers. These changes are occurring as a result of a focus to decrease LTC costs, which are expected to occur through reductions in both LTC...

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08/06/2015

Journal of Clinical Pathways