The Weekly Dose           Bexar County Medical Society

Week of Jan. 19,  2014 

Vol. 3, No. 19

SAVE THE DATE

  

Monday, Jan. 20

is the last day to RSVP for the

BCMS and BCMS Alliance Installation 

 

Saturday, Jan. 25

6:30 p.m. Reception

7 p.m. Dinner and program

8:30 p.m. Music and dancing

The Westin La Cantera

San Antonio Main Ballroom

16641 La Cantera Parkway

San Antonio 78256

 

Click here to RSVP

or call

210-301-4381, ext. 195

 

TRENDING TOPICS 

 

Medicare, Medicaid meaningful use deadlines approach

Do not delay in completing attestations

 

By Mary E. Nava, MBA

Chief Governmental and Community Relations Officer

  

Two important deadlines are just around the corner for submitting meaningful use attestations:  Feb. 28 is the deadline for physicians participating in the Medicare EHR meaningful use program.  For physicians participating in the Medicaid meaningful use program, that deadline is March 16.

 

For more information, including an interactive tool developed by CMS to help determine eligibility, click here.

 

For local discussion on this and other practice management topics, consider joining the BCMS Legislative and Socioeconomics Committee by contacting Mary Nava.

 

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

PriMedicus Consulting, Inc. 

From a physician's perspective 

 

For medical revenue cycle management (medical billing) from a physician's perspective and motivation, you may trust PriMedicus Consulting to provide professional, thorough, diligent medical billing services to maximize your practice revenue. The core values of PriMedicus stem from the understanding that there is no profit margin large enough to justify inefficient medical collections. In the setting of reduced reimbursement and rising practice management overhead, medical practices are increasingly on the edge of viability.

 

PriMedicus can provide expertise in timely claims submissions, accurate posting of payments, aggressive pursuit of claims denials, assistance with coding choices and a friendly, helpful voice for your patient phone calls regarding billing questions. Unlike some very large billing companies, we are a 100 percent American company; we do not outsource your patients' personal information to sub-contractor billing companies located in other nations and therefore not bound by U.S. HIPAA laws. We also have an excellent EMR that is one of the few already certified for Stage Two Meaningful Use and loaded with the ICD-10 codes that you will need starting Oct. 1. Cloud-based, originally designed for use with tablets and available with a patient portal, this EMR can meet the clinic needs of the demanding clinician across the spectrum of specialties.

 

Call PriMedicus Consulting or visit our website to learn more about the services we can offer to your practice so that you can focus on providing the best in medical care. 

 

Contact Sally Combest, MD, at 

PriMedicus Consulting, Inc.

9901 I-H 10 West, Suite 800, San Antonio, Texas 78230

(210) 673-9455     www.primedicusconsulting.com

 

 

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This information is sent on behalf of a valued BCMS Circle of Friends sponsor at the bronze level, but it is not an endorsement. Donations from Circle of Friends sponsors help keep down the cost of dues and allow BCMS to continue to provide quality service to its members. The society continues its pledge to you and only will involve itself in services and programs that benefit you, the member, and your patients.

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

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