January — December 2006

January 2006

  • "New calendar year offers opportunities for follow-up"
  • "Medicare embraces pay-for-performance"
  • "Education and training codes"
  • "Medicare Part A interpretive guideline update"

February 2006

  • "Practitioners hope new national identifier will lead to trouble-free transactions"
  • "2006 Medicare reimbursement rates still unresolved"
  • "Questions Corner Politics as usual"
  • "CMS identifies strategy to restore provider payments"

March 2006

  • "With president’s signature reconciliation bill is official"
  • "Question Corner: streamlining the payment process: how a professional biller for Medicare MNT can benefit your practice"
  • "Medicare telehealth service eligibility"

April 2006

  • "Balancing science and politics for Medicare-covered services"
  • "Political Power: RDs get politically and payment savvy"
  • "Question Corner: Registered dietitians can change nutrition services"

May 2006

  • "Reflecting on five years on MNT news"
  • "CMS Cardiac rehabilitation policy changes fall short of expectations"
  • "A new tool to understand remittance advice"
  • "Question Corner: How Medicare Part B MNT impacts beneficiaries and RD providers"

June 2006

  • "Strategies for quick and easy payment"
  • "FQHCs now eligible for Medicare Part B reimbursement"
  • "Simple advice to take the stress out of Medicare billing"
  • "NPI news to share with your colleagues enrolling as Medicare providers"

July 2006

  • "RDs find creative wys to meet with patients and keep them coming back"
  • "Savvy RDs combine marketing, smarts and networking to build client base"
  • "Question Corner: Decoding the Advance Beneficiary Notice"
  • "Stay on top of your Medicare Part B financials"

August 2006

  • "Contingency plans for e-transfers"
  • "Reminder: nine day Medicare payment hold in September"
  • "Follow these HIPPAA rules for best business practices"
  • "Question Corner: CMS Medicare Part B carriers provide HIPAA questions"
  • "The CMS 1500 form changes with the times"
  • "Don't miss out on these Medicare Part B educational opportunities"
  • "ADA to schedule team conference code survey"

September 2006

  • "CMS proposes payment, policy changes for Part B services"
  • "Medicare reforms payment process to improve operations"
  • "NPI: Get it, share it, use it"
  • "Question Corner: Episode of care for MNT services"

October 2006

  • "FNCE session encourages Medicare providers to take financial action"
  • "Question Corner: Medicare providers still have questions as NPI deadline nears"
  • "What to do with missed appointments"
  • "Seven tips to help you deal with NPI"
  • "Spread the word about MNT"

November 2006

  • "CMS undertakes revisions to Medicare payment"
  • "Stark Act review (Phases l and ll has no impact to most RDs)"
  • "CMS Update: CMS updated ICD-9-codes"
  • "New tools make billing simple"
  • "NPI answers"
  • "Reasons for returned Medicare enrollment applications"
  • "Changes in leadership at CMS"
  • "Transparency initative for Medicare providers will inform consumers on price data"
  • "Question Corner: Health Care Consumer Initative is underway"

December 2006

  • "CMS releases 2007 fee schedule: Medicare MNT service fees raised"
  • "A new year means new refferals"
  • "New year offers increases in the Medicare beneficiary deductible"