Your practice, along with thousands of others, has managed its cash flow with The Medical Manager® software for decades. Widely installed across multiple specialties and group sizes, it <em>just</em> works. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/medical-manager-software-support-getting-more-for-less/#more-1472" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Medical Manager Software Support: Getting More for Less">(more…)</span></a>
As released by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today, CMS will end its enforcement discretion period for Version 5010 standards on <strong>June 30, 2012</strong>. This means that medical practices must be fully compliant with all of the upgraded transaction standards for ASC X12 Version 5010 (Version 5010) by this deadline. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/cms-ends-its-enforcement-discretion-period-for-5010-on-june-30-2012/#more-1470" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading CMS Ends its Enforcement Discretion Period for 5010 on June 30, 2012">(more…)</span></a>
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Office of E-Health Standards and Services (OESS) says it will not initiate enforcement action against any non-compliant entities for an additional three (3) months, through <strong>June 30, 2012</strong>, for updated HIPAA transaction standards (ASC X12 Version 5010, NCPDP Versions D.0 and 3.0). <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/5010-enforcement-pushed-out-to-063012/#more-1453" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading 5010 Enforcement Pushed Out to 06/30/12">(more…)</span></a>
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen G. Sebelius today announced that HHS will initiate a process to postpone the date by which certain health care entities have to comply with International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition diagnosis and procedure codes (ICD-10). <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/sebelius-knows-not-when-for-icd-10/#more-1445" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Sebelius Knows Not “When” for ICD-10">(more…)</span></a>
MGMA sent a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, regarding the major payment disruptions medical practices are experiencing as a result of the transition to the HIPAA Version 5010 electronic transactions standard on Jan. 1. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/mgma-to-hhs-5010-causing-payment-issues-for-medical-practices/#more-1439" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading MGMA to HHS: 5010 Causing Payment Issues for Medical Practices">(more…)</span></a>
The Version 5010 (ASC X12 Version 5010) deadline was 1/1/12, but, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will not initiate enforcement action until 4/1/12. CMS made this decision based on industry feedback that many organizations and their trading partners were not yet ready to finalize system upgrades to be compliant. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/version-5010-cms-90-day-enforcement-discretion-period/#more-1423" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Version 5010: CMS 90-Day Enforcement Discretion Period">(more…)</span></a>
<p class="email-body">The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is reminding eligible professionals and group practices that the deadline to request a hardship exemption for the 2012 Medicare Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program adjustment is <strong>November 1, 2011</strong>. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/erx-incentive-program-deadline-to-request-a-hardship-exemption-is-11111/#more-1397" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading eRx Incentive Program Deadline to Request a Hardship Exemption is 11/1/11">(more…)</span></a></p>
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a <a href="http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM7492.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Medicare Fee-for-Service Claims Processing Guide for ICD-10</a>. The document includes information on how to handle claims for services during the ICD-9 and ICD-10 transition, including the actual implementation date. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/icd-10-transition-guide-issued-by-cms-for-medicare-providers/#more-1389" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading ICD-10 Transition Guide Issued by CMS for Medicare Providers">(more…)</span></a>