Effective 01/01/2017, Capital BlueCross will discontinue their Trading Partner agreement with Change Healthcare.  Capital BlueCross will go from a participating to a non-participating insurance carrier status. There is no change to your office if you have transitioned to Change Healthcare’s Provider Complete.  For providers that are NOT submitting claims through Provider Complete, a charge of…

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Transport Layer Security Protocol (TLS) 1.2 Requirement Affecting Older Microsoft Windows Operating Systems Transport Layer Security (TLS) and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), defines a set of common standards incorporated by most software applications that need to exchange information securely over the internet.  These standards continue to evolve over time as weaknesses are found and…

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From: Ted Itzkowitz, President Date: June 1, 2016 As you probably already know, there are some big changes coming in the way CMS and other insurance companies are going to pay physicians for the services they provide to their patients. All of this came about through a bill passed by Congress known as the Medicare…

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If you’re nervous about this, it’s okay. There is a lot to process in the new Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) that has been created out of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). MIPS rolls up PQRS, Physician Value-Based Modifiers, Advancing Care Information (formerly known as the EHR Incentive Program and…

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Did you know you can fix multiple charge items at once if you forgot to change the facility or provider, or even if the patient’s insurance changed? To do so, navigate to the Charge tab in Practice Manager.  Then, in the Review Charges sub-tab, highlight the charges you want to edit (using the Shift or Ctrl…

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Is your office finding success using our Electronic Patient Statement (EPS) service? Many offices utilizing this feature report more patient payments coming in than ever before! The process works in this manner: 1. Run a batch for patient balances due * Make sure to review and uncheck any line that should not be sent today! 2.…

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