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AAPC Social Hour: The Value of Collecting Certifications

During a Facebook Live broadcast March 23, moderator and AAPC Social Media Manager Alex McKinley (AAPC Alex) talked to AAPC Documentation Advisory Committee members Melissa Kirshner, CPC, CDEO, CRC, CPC-I, CFPC, and Kelly Shew, CPC, CPCO, CDEO, CPB, CPMA, CPPM, CRC, AAPC Approved Instructor, RHIA, about the committee’s upcoming webinar, Ask & Learn: The ICD-10-CM […]

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Relative Value Units: The Basis of Medicare Payments

There’s more than one way to determine your physician’s payment. Medicare fee-for-service payments are calculated based on relative value units (RVUs) assigned to each covered CPT®/HCPCS Level II code. As defined in Medicare’s National Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value File, there are three RVU categories that, when totaled, determine payment. 1. Work RVUs account for […]

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Design a Value Proposition to Improve Customer Service

Collaboration and auditing are important to the health of your organization. The objective of a value proposition is to create products and services that customers want that also benefit the organization. The auditing department at Duke University Health System (Duke) recently built a value proposition based on concepts outlined in the book Value Proposition Design: […]

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Realize the Value of Soft Skills in Healthcare

Do your healthcare workers have what it takes to excel in a consumer-driven marketplace? The landscape of healthcare organizations is changing dramatically. In recent years, the concept of healthcare consumerism has gained significant traction with health systems, hospitals, and medical practices. Healthcare consumerism is a “movement that advocates patients’ involvement in their own healthcare decisions. […]

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Biggest Hurdle in Shift to Value? Physician Engagement




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Biggest Hurdle in Shift to Value? Physician Engagement

Rene Letourneau, Senior Editor for HealthLeaders Media

Ambitious objectives for a health plan are at the center of CHI’s strategic vision for the future. Getting buy-in and support from its 4,000-plus physicians is "where the hard work resides," says one senior executive. >>>

 

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2015’s Top 10 Most Popular Stories from HealthLeaders Media

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FTC says Hospital M&A Scrutiny ‘Not a New Development’

The director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition says she has seen no evidence that consolidation leads to higher quality. >>>

Risk Adjustment Coding Gets a Technological Assist

How a California physician practice designed a system to catch coder errors without burdening doctors. >>>

Big Ideas:
Patient-Reported Outcomes: The Impact on Research and Engagement

PROs provide objective information about where a patient is in the disease process compared to the larger population and whether the patient is a candidate for certain procedures. >>>

Antimicrobial Stewardship in Action

A real-life look at the CDC’s core elements of antimicrobial stewardship in practice at two leading institutions. >>>

Intelligence Reports 2015: The Year in Review

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News Headlines

Maine Gov. vows to veto Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion

The Hill, December 30, 2015

MO may appeal decision to cut off Medicare payments to Osawatomie hospital

The Kansas City Star, December 30, 2015

Health insurers to face fines for not correcting doctor directories

The Wall Street Journal, December 30, 2015

State-level brawls over Medicaid reflect divide in G.O.P.

The New York Times, December 29, 2015

Opinion: Transforming healthcare takes continuity and consistency

Harvard Business Review, December 29, 2015

In budget deal, health law foes took a different path

ABC News / Associated Press, December 22, 2015

Health plans’ coverage of some drugs can be a source of confusion

Kaiser Health News, December 22, 2015

Healthcare costs a top concern for Republican and Democratic voters

Reuters, December 22, 2015

Big surge in enrollment lifts Obamacare marketplaces

Los Angeles Times, December 21, 2015

Hospitals to pay $ 28 million to settle false spinal treatment claims

Yahoo News / Reuters, December 21, 2015

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The Value of Membership in a Professional Organization

As many know, professionalism is a key theme of my term as your National Advisory Board (NAB) President. I hope to motivate all members to “Achieve a Higher Standard” as it is my belief that the value of our credentials is directly related to how we are perceived by the entities that seek to employ […]

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Biggest Hurdle in Shift to Value? Physician Engagement

Rene Letourneau, Senior Editor for HealthLeaders Media

Ambitious objectives for a health plan are at the center of CHI’s strategic vision for the future. Getting buy-in and support from its 4,000-plus physicians is "where the hard work resides," says one senior executive. >>>

 

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Stars Rise, Fade in 2016 Medicare Advantage Ratings

When weighted for enrollment, more than 70% of MA-PD enrollees are in contracts with four or more stars, a nearly 11 percentage point in increase from 2015, CMS said. But six health plans that have received fewer than three stars for the past three years face termination by Medicare. >>>

Medicare Shared Savings ACO Trio Shares Keys to Success

The top performers in the Medicare Shared Savings Program are leveraging their experience with population health and their willingness to embrace innovation. >>>

Make a Wholesale Shift to Value

Many health systems create divisions charged with value-based care, but if they are to succeed, the other parts of the organization must also see transformation as part of the overall mission. >>>

Developing Value-Based Payment Models

Industry stakeholders are trying new ways to deliver and pay for care, but the shift to value remains an unfinished journey. >>>

Boost VBP with Financial Incentives For Physicians

The right approach, such as annual bonuses for meeting quality measures, can help reluctant physicians embrace value-based payment models. >>>

Business Roundup: Aria Health, Jefferson Sign Merger LOI

Aria Health CEO and President Kathleen Kinslow says finances are not the driving factor, rather, the deal is about "how can we be effective with population health and moving from volume to value." >>>

Health Policy Experts Fear the Worst With Payer Mergers

Critics say merging four of the five biggest insurers in the nation will kill competition, causing premiums to rise, benefits to narrow, and provider payments to decline. From MedPage Today. >>>

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News Headlines

As US insurers aim to get bigger, hospitals eye health plan entry

Reuters, October 14, 2015

Popular high-deductible plans could be hurting healthcare

The Washington Examiner, October 14, 2015

Who pays hospital bills when patients can’t

The Atlantic, October 14, 2015

Transatlantic divide: How US pays three times more for drugs

Reuters, October 13, 2015

Makeover coming for Healthcare.gov

The New York Times, October 13, 2015

As US insurers aim to get bigger, hospitals eye health plan entry

Reuters, October 13, 2015

Insurance dropouts present a challenge for health law

The New York Times, October 12, 2015

MO files suit to block US from recouping overpayments made to hospitals

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 12, 2015

TX doctor accused of raping hospital patient

KSN.com / KTRK, October 12, 2015

CT hospitals may take legal action over Medicaid cuts

Fox CT / Associated Press, October 12, 2015

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Rural Healthcare and the Challenge of Population Health

The issues facing rural providers are significant, but leaders are creating ways to survive in the changing healthcare environment. >>>

 

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Membership Growth Relies on the Value of Credentials

For our membership to grow, members must be sufficiently trained to meet the needs of prospective employers, employers must recognize the value of our credentials, and members must see value in their membership with AAPC. With respect to membership value, AAPC offers a wide variety of tools, resources, and value-added benefits such as free webinars, […]
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VALUE JOURNEY: Design A Roadmap for Success

Medical group shows you how to offset fee-for-service revenue loss by effectively using a pay-for-performance model. The journey toward value in healthcare — increasing your organization’s ability to take on risk by elevating quality of care and reducing costs — is not without bumps in the road. Success often depends on how well you navigate […]
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Value codes

Hello my name is Maria and I work for an FQHC facility. I wanted to ask a question and see if anyone can help. Most of our secondary claims are dropped to paper and mailed. We have recently been receiving rejected claims from one of our biggest payer due to Rejection code :1447 – Value amount. Nothing has changed in our billing process and we have certified billers look into this and we haven’t been able to figure out what the insurance is requesting. These are billed on UB04 claims. We have made several attempts to call our PSR to get this issue resolved without any success. I have tried contacting just the call center reps as well and they cant seem to give me a resolution either. Has anyone seen this or have any suggestions. Thank-you. :confused:

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