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Slow Growth for National Health Spending

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EHR Incentive Payments top $6.5 Billion
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National Health Spending Growth Remains Low for 4th Consecutive Year Overall national health expenditures grew at an annual rate of 3.7 percent in 2012, marking the fourth consecutive year of low growth, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Actuary reported today. Health spending as a share of gross domestic product fell slightly from 17.3 percent Continue reading Slow Growth for National Health Spending→

More Medicare Patients Are Utilizing Preventive Services

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More than 25 million Original Medicare beneficiaries received free preventive services through November 2013 According to new data releasedby the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today, more than 25.4 million people covered by Original Medicare received at least one preventive service at no cost to them during the first eleven months of 2013, because of the Affordable Care Continue reading More Medicare Patients Are Utilizing Preventive Services→

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Proposed Timeline Changes for Stage 3 Meaningful Use

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  Here is the latest information on the proposed timeline changes for Stage 3 of Meaningful Use. The final ruling is not expected until the fall of 2014. Because the proposed change is to start Stage 3 in 2017 instead of 2016 this appears to only affect the schedules of those providers who met their first year of Meaningful Use in Continue reading Proposed Timeline Changes for Stage 3 Meaningful Use→

ICD10 will Slow Reimbursements, BillFlash Can Help Offset That

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  There is a long list of headaches in the medical billing world and one of the biggest challenges Providers will face today is getting paid in a timely fashion due to the ICD10 transition. You can help offset this cash crunch with BillFlash’s integrated billing and payment services.  Speed up patient portion reimbursements! BillFlash has been helping Providers to streamline billing Continue reading ICD10 will Slow Reimbursements, BillFlash Can Help Offset That→