by Private Eye Care Practice | Oct 6, 2020 | Community, Practice Building
Blended rates for paying evaluation & management codes have been postponed. It was proposed and part of the Final Rule in 2019 to pay a single rate for levels 2 through 4 and use time as the determining factor. Medicare’s new plan is to continue paying distinct...
by Private Eye Care Practice | Oct 6, 2020 | Community, Practice Building
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is adding $20 billion in new funding for providers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. Under this Phase 3 General Distribution...
by Private Eye Care Practice | Sep 30, 2020 | Practice Building
Most of the new changes by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for ICD-10 this fiscal year (October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021) involve COVID-19 and vaping. Changes in effect for ICD-10 codes as they relate to eyes are fairly straightforward....
by Private Eye Care Practice | Sep 21, 2020 | Community, Practice Building
Annie is not one to leave a project unfinished. She is borderline obsessive about finishing what she started. One of her favorite things to do is to make a list, just to be able to mark things off that list. (She has a feeling that her husband doesn’t feel the same...
by Private Eye Care Practice | Sep 3, 2020 | Expansions, Practice Building
It is your life’s work. You have poured your heart and soul into the practice and now it is time to put a value on it. How do you do that fairly and accurately? The fact is that buying and selling a private practice is an emotional issue. Often the seller thinks...
by Private Eye Care Practice | Aug 17, 2020 | Community, Innovations, Practice Building
The ABN, Form CMS-R-131, and instructions have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal. Due to COVID-19 concerns, CMS has expanded the deadline for use of the renewed ABN, Form CMS-R-131 (exp. 6/30/2023). At this time, the renewed ABN...
