MACRA 2018 Proposed Rule Update

The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 gave rise to the CMS Quality Payment Program. In 2017 CMS provided options that allow clinicians to avoid penalties under MACRA fairly easily. CMS released a Proposed Rule for the Quality Payment Program for the 2018 reporting year in June of 2017....

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Health Information Exchange an...

Posted by admin on Mar 13, 2014

Health Information Exchange and Patient Safety – Michael Stearns, MD, CPC – Health Information Technology Consultant Patient Safety and Health Information Exchange NCHICA 2012...

New Compliance Audit Service f...

Posted by admin on Mar 13, 2014

Health Law Network, Inc. Healthcare Compliance & Reimbursement Consulting Services FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New Compliance Audit Service for Electronic Health Records Orlando, FL – February 22, 2014 – At the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society...

EHRs and E/M Coding: Warnings,...

Posted by admin on Dec 17, 2013

Take the time to thoroughly understand and customize your EHR. By Michael Stearns, MD, CPC,CFPC Stearns E-M EHR Article Cutting Edge Dec...

EHRs and Audits: The Role of V...

Posted by admin on Apr 18, 2013

A brief article by Michael Stearns, MD The FBI, Justice Department, Office of the Inspector General of CMS, multiple congressmen and others have expressed concern over the tendency of electronic health records (EHRs) to increase billing rates for patient encounters....

Physician-Patient Encounters &...

Posted by admin on Apr 3, 2013

Physician-Patient Encounters – The Physician Perspective Michael Stearns, MD, CPC HIT Consultant High Level Physician Goals Develop a rapport with the patient Establish credibility with the patient Establish the reliability of the patient Gather information...

Patient Safety and Electronic ...

Posted by admin on Jun 22, 2012

Patient Safety and Electronic Health Records — What Could Go Wrong? The Institute of Medicine, in a landmark article published in 1999 titled “To Err is Human,” estimated that nearly 100,000 people each year are killed by preventable medical errors. ...

EHR Events HIMSS Certificate o...

Posted by admin on Mar 9, 2012

The Electronic Health Record Association gave two Certificate of Excellence awards to Dr. Michael Q. Stearns, at the 2012 Health Information Management Systems Society Annual Meeting. The awards were for leadership and assistance provided for initiatives related to...