Practice Management News Archives
2010
06-30-10: ASA Nominates Lee A. Fleisher, M.D., and Mary Dale Peterson, M.D., M.H.A., to PPACA Committees
06-28-10: CMS Releases Proposed Rule for 2011 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
06-21-10: ASA Tells CMS to Fix Rural Pass-Through for Anesthesiologists Before Expanding Payments to NAs
06-17-10: Propofol Shortage Update and Resources
06-16-10: ASA Renews Request for Action from OIG on “Company Model”
06-15-10: UPDATED: Important Notice from CMS about your Enrollment Status
06-14-10: RAND Report on Anesthesiology Labor Market
06-01-10: Hospira and FDA Announce Expansion of Propofol Recall
05-28-10: FTC Delays Enforcement of "Red Flag Rules" again
05-25-10: CMS Issues Additional Clarification of the Hospital Interpretive Guidelines for Anesthesia Services
05-20-10: Templates are now available to help anesthesiologists meet the new CMS Interpretive Guidelines for hospital Conditions of Participation
04-23-10: FDA Hosts Call and Posts New Web Page with Questions and Answers on Propofol Shortage
04-22-10: Johnson & Johnson Announces FDA Rejection of SEDASYS® Device
04-16-10: ASA Leads Effort to Repeal The Joint Commission’s Definition of Physician
04-15-10: AHRQ adopts Surgical Care Survey including anesthesiologist survey questions
04-14-10: ASA convinces Region D Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) to discontinue its Anesthesia Care Package E&M Services automated review. Payment adjustments for recouped money to be reversed.
03-23-10: CMS Responds to ASA Letter on Hospital Interpretive Guidelines
03-16-10: Update on Propofol Shortage and Importation of Fresenius Propoven 1% (propofol 1%)
03-16-10: ASA Submits Comments to CMS Regarding Electronic Health Record Incentive Program
03-05-10: CMS Notice to physicians and providers who have not enrolled or updated their Medicare enrollment since November 2003
02-26-10: FDA Issues Update on Propofol Shortage
02-17-10: CMS announces problems with Medicare claims crossover to supplemental payers
01-29-10: FDA Update on Anesthesia Drug Shortages
01-19-10: Chronic Pain Essentials for Coders On-Demand Webinar Now Available
01-18-10: ASA’s Letter to CMS on Hospital Interpretive Guidelines
01-15-10: Clarification of PQRI Participation Requirements
01-12-10: UPDATE: CMS issues correction to 2010 Physician Fee Schedule — Includes change to Medicare Anesthesia Conversion Factor
01-11-10: CMS Issues New Interpretive Guidelines for Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs)
01-04-10: ASA Submits Comment Letter to CMS on CY 2010 PFS Final Rule
2009
12-23-09: CMS issues revised interpretive guidelines concerning hospital anesthesia services
12-21-09: Information regarding the holding of claims for services paid under the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
12-15-09: CMS posts transmittal on decision to eliminate use of consult codes (CPT® codes 99241 – 99245 and 99251-99255)
12-15-09: Reporting new PQRI Measure 193
11-24-09: ASA Clarification of Teaching and Payment Scenarios Under 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
11-18-09: ASA joins other groups in applauding CMS adoption of long-awaited practice expense update
11-18-09: 2010 Annual Participation Enrollment Program Extension
11-17-09: Twelve organizations band together to preserve coverage of facet injections
11-17-09: FDA Authorizes Importation of Propofol to Address Shortage
11-13-09: CMS reports results of 2008 Medicare Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)
11-06-09: Additional information about final rule for 2010 Physician Fee Schedule: key points include full teaching rule implementation, PQRI measures, phase-in of practice expense updates
10-06-09: DEA schedules fospropofol as Schedule IV drug
10-06-09: OIG posts FY 2010 work plan
09-25-09: CMS issues information about “never events”
09-17-09: ASA continues to work with other specialties in effort to update data used to calculate Practice Expense payments
09-03-09: Updated Practice Expense Values for Swan-Ganz Catheters
08-31-09: The American Society of Anesthesiologists opposes adoption of Noridian’s proposed non-coverage of CPT Codes 64622, 64623, 64476, 64476
08-11-09: FTC announces delay in enforcing Red Flag Rules
08-06-09: ASA Joins With Other Specialties to Support CMS Proposal to Update Practice Expense Values
07-07-09: ASA seeking survey participants for pain CPT® codes
07-02-09: ASA wins reconsideration of Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits
06-18-09: Medicare Scam Alert
06-12-09: ASA’s comments for Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)
05-11-09: CMS offers step-by-step guide to Physicians Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)04-29-09: ASA receives acknowledgement from OIG regarding request for Special Advisory Bulletin about the “company model”
04-24-09: Information on FTC "Red Flag Rules"
04-21-09: ASA signs joint letter from Surgical Quality Alliance (SQA) regarding 2010 PQRI
03-09-09: ASA members encouraged to participate in MGMA 2009 Cost Surveys
03-27-09: OIG releases letter outlining changes to Self-Disclosure Program
03-20-09: ASA requests Special Advisory Bulletin from OIG on “company model”
02-27-09: Resident PM Education 2009 COPM Videos
02-24-09: ASA seeks participants in surveys for pain CPT® codes
02-12-09: Practice Guidelines for the Prevention, Detection, and Management of Respiratory Depression Associated with Neuraxial Opioid Administration
02-09-09: CMS announces update on recovery audit contractors (RACs)
02-04-09: Abstracts from the 2009 Conference on Practice Management
01-26-09: 2009 coding change
01-16-09: HHS Issues Final ICD-10 Code Sets and Updated Electronic Transaction Standards Rule
01-15-09: ASA launches Resident PM Section. Here’s an opportunity to learn about issues that affect an anesthesiology practice. Login to ASA Members Only to visit the new Resident PM Education section.
01-02-09: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a correction notice to the 2009 Physician Fee Schedule
2008
12-01-08: CMS announces specifications for E-Prescribing Incentive Program
01-24-08: REMINDER: AMA Physician Practice Information Survey
10-15-08: ASA submits comments to CMS regarding transition to Version 5010 and ICD-10
09-23-08: Office of the Inspector General (OIG) posts report, “Medicare Payments for Facet Joint Injection Services
09-18-08: Information available on reporting changes to Medicare enrollment information
09-04-08: Online survey available for participants of the 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)
07-30-08: HHS waiving retroactive beneficiary cost sharing due to increases in payment under MIPPA
07-21-08: Have you been selected to participate in the Physician Practice Information survey?
07-17-08: New 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Payment Rates
06-19-08: Information on 2007 PQRI Payments and Reports
05-02-08: Have you been selected to participate in the Physician Practice Information survey?
03-25-08: NPI required for all HIPAA Standard Transactions on May 23, 2008
02-07-08: ASA and AMA conducting Physician Practice Information survey
02-06-08: 2008 unadjusted conversion factor: $19.97
01-31-08: Reminder: National Provider Identifier (NPI) implementation date is March 1, 2008
01-29-08: Updated! Anesthesia Conversion Factors Through June 2008
2007
12-27-07: New anesthesiology performance measure proposals for ASA Member review and comment
12-04-07: ASA and AMA Conducting Physician Practice Information survey
10-15-07: The Cost Survey for Anesthesia Practices 2007 Report Based on 2006 Data is available now!
09-20-07: NPI registry and downloadable file now available
08-31-07: AMA Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (PCPI) is accepting comments on physician performance measures
06-22-07: Worksheets for coding PQRI measures are available now
05-24-07: PQRI Test your billing system with a PQRI code now
05-16-07: Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)
04-24-07: CMS releases new information about National Provider Identifier (NPI) implementation
04-24-07: Your Comments Invited on Physician Performance Measure Set for Anesthesiology (Deadline: May 11)
03-20-07: Individual chapters from the 2007 Conference on Practice Management are now available for purchase
03-20-07: Updated document explains payment and reporting policy for fluoroscopic guidance of spinal injections
02-20-07: 2007 ASA Survey of Fees Paid by Commercial Carriers. Please download and return the questionnaire by March 20.
02-02-07: 2007 President Update at Practice Management Conference 21st Century Anesthesiology; Preparing for the Future Paradigm, Mark J. Lema, M.D., Ph.D.
01-19-07: Order MGMA-ASA Cost Survey for Anesthesia Practices: 2006 Report Based on 2005 Data at discounted price for ASA members
01-03-07: CMS releases 2007 Medicare Anesthesia Conversion Factors for Anesthesia Services