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2009   2010  

July 2010

Jul 28 Doctors Need Decision Support in Ordering Imaging Diagnostics
Jul 12 Meaningful Use final rule sent to OMB
Jul 9 Preferred EHR Vendors Announced for Small Physician Practices
Jul 9 HHS launches www.healthcare.gov
Jul 8 CMS posts quarterly CCI edits
 

June 2010

Jun 29 What Physicians Want
Jun 24 Medical home demo reports some positive outcomes -- with caveats
Jun 22 Low Medicare pay for doctors puts health reform at risk
 

May 2010

May 24 Lawsuit: Red Flags Rule Violates Doctor/Patient Relationship
 

April 2010

Apr 22 Quality: The Medical Home as Community Effort
Apr 21 Dr. Berwick nominated as CMS administrator
Apr 21 MGMA Survey: In-house Recruiters Need Six Months to Recruit Primary Care Docs
Apr 19 MGMA collaborates to create new reference guides for personal health records
Apr 16 SPECIAL ALERT: Senate sends amended payment freeze bill back to House
Apr 16 SPECIAL ALERT: President signs extension bill, Medicare physician payment freeze now to occur May 31
Apr 16 Analysis for new in-office MRI, CT, PET disclosure requirements available
Apr 15 Senate fails to approve payment freeze extension
Apr 1 CMS Tells Contractors to Delay Doc Payments for 10 Days Again
 

March 2010

Mar 29 Medicare to hold claims....again
Mar 24 House approves two bills addressing final healthcare reform bills; legislation returns to Senate
Mar 16 Physician Groups Urge Changes, Extensions for Meaningful Use Criteria
Mar 11 Physician Pay Cut Delayed, Senate Passes Larger ‘Jobs’ Bill
Mar 10 CMS posts quarterly CCI edits effective April
Mar 2 New Legislative Update Available
Mar 1 Jessee to retire as president-CEO of MGMA in 2011
 

February 2010

Feb 26 Why Are Doctors Working Fewer Hours?
Feb 23 21.2 percent cut to take effect March 1
Feb 19 New Legislative Update Available
Feb 18 Medical Practice Leaders Frustrated About Medicare's PQRI Data Requirements
Feb 15 New Legislative Update Available
Feb 9 Winter, 2010 IMGMA Newsletter Now Available
Feb 5 UnitedHealthcare rescinds radiology notification exemptions
Feb 5 Medicare PECOS enrollment record available
Feb 4 Broad healthcare reform stalls, 21.2 percent payment cut pending
Feb 4 CMS further clarifies billing for diagnostic tests subject to the anti-markup rule
 

January 2010

Jan 29 Continue urging your senators to repeal the Medicare payment formula
Jan 29 New Legislative Update Available
Jan 28 2010 PQRI worksheets available; last chance to participate in MGMA PQRI research
Jan 27 CMS's proposed rule on EHR incentives excludes many hospital-based physicians
Jan 25 MGMA Releases FAQ on Elimination of CMS Consultation Codes
Jan 25 Proposed e-prescribing guidelines raise concerns, hospital leader tells panel
Jan 21 MGMA Health Reform Summary

MGMA has actively been participating in the healthcare reform situation. Currently, the House of Representative and Senate are hashing out the difference in each of their bills to develop one piece of legislation that will be voted on by both chambers.

 

MGMA has recently developed a Summary Chart of Healthcare Reform Provisions. This chart lays out the provisions in both the House and Senate bills that pertain to group practices and how those align with MGMA’s healthcare reform principles. The chart can be found at the following link.

 

http://www.mgma.com/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=32204

 

 

Jan 21 MGMA sends letter to Senator Reid and Representative Pelosi

MGMA recently send a letter to Senator Reid and Representative Pelosi that summarizes MGMA recommendations for changes to both the House and Senate-passed bills. The letter reinforced formal communications sent to Congress in the past and highlights the advocacy efforts of MGMA’s Washington staff.  The letter can be viewed at the following link.

http://www.mgma.com/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=32279

 

Jan 15 State False Claims Act is Filed
 
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