Home Our Company Our Service Lines Our People Contact Us Newsletters Resources Privacy Policy FAQ Site Map Log-In Search:      Newsletters - List of Articles    Newsletters:    Latest Issues  |  Past Issues  |  List of Articles   Article Name Author Date “On-Call” Payments To Specialists At Risk   10/1/2007  2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Lynne Kottman, CCP, CHMBE Legislative Advocate   2/7/2007  Act Now! Time for Deleting NPI Data Running Out   7/13/2007  Addressing Returned Mail Jason Lott, MBA-HCM Director of Operations  12/22/2006  Addressing the Upcoming Medicare Reduction   10/1/2007  Alert: PERM audit reviews Lynne Kottman, CCP, CHBME Legislative Advocate  2/24/2009  AMA Physician Practice Information Survey   6/20/2007  Balance Billing Update Lynne Kottman, CCP, CHBME Legislative Advocate  2/24/2009  Billing Shared Visits Jennifer Hackworth, RHIA Director of Coding  10/13/2008  Blue Cross Agrees to Settlement in “RICO” Case   5/25/2007  Blue Cross RICO Settlement Claims Coming   7/27/2007  Called to a Code Blue Jennifer Gannon, RHIA, ACS-EM Coding Manager  8/29/2007  Champ Act   7/31/2007  Change is Coming W. Rick White, MBA, FACMPE CEO  2/24/2009  CHIP Rate Hike Coming   7/31/2007  Clearing the Air on Fracture Care Jennifer Hackworth, RHIA Director of Coding  6/10/2008  CMS releases proposed MCR Fee Schedule   7/9/2009  Coding Corner: Documentation Dilemma W. Maria Johnson, CPC, ACS-ED Director of Auditing, Training & Communication  2/24/2009  Coding Corner: Documentation of Laceration Repairs   9/29/2006  Coding Corner: Documentation Pearls Susan Reese, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, ACS-EM Director of Coding  12/22/2006  Coding Corner: Understanding the Emergency Medicine Caveat   10/13/2006  Congratulations W. Rick White, Jr., MBA, FACMPE Chief Executive Officer  5/25/2007  CPT Code Changes for 2008 Robert Kottman, MD, FACEP  12/13/2007  Documentation Feedback Jennifer Hackworth, RHIA Director of Coding  10/13/2008  Documentation of Treatment of Phimosis to Facilitate Correct Coding Robert Kottman, MD, FACEP Maria Johnson, CPC, ACS-EM  12/13/2007  Does Your Documentation Support the Use of IV Infusion/Hydration Codes? Jennifer Gannon, RHIA, ACS-EM Coding Manager  10/1/2007  Emergency Physician Documentation & Billing for Interpretations of EKGs & X-rays Robert Kottman, MD, FACEP Medical Director  3/16/2007  Explaining Medicare's Upcoming Pay for Performance Lynne Kottman, CCP, CHMBE Legislative Advocate  1/20/2007  Featured Consultant: Irma Nin, M.D.   9/29/2006  Get Reimbursed: Properly Documenting Hypertension Nancy Maguire ACS, CRT, APC, AFC, CPC, CPC-H Associate Director of Coding & Compliance  10/13/2006  History Doesn’t Always Repeat Itself (on Paper)…Trends in Provider Documentation of History Elements Jennifer Hackworth, RHIA Director of Coding  10/13/2008  Key Employee List   9/16/2008  Leadership Opportunities W. Rick White, Jr., MBA, FACMPE Chief Executive Officer  6/10/2008  Legislative Advocacy Report MedaPhase Legislative Advocates Robert Kottman, M.D., FACEP & Lynne Kottman, CCP, CHBME  12/3/2007  Legislative Efforts to Limit/Prohibit 'Balance-Billing' by 'Non-Contracted Physicians a 'Hot Topic' Robert Kottman, M.D., FACEP Legislative Advocate  11/19/2008  Legislative Update for 2009 Texas Legislature Robert Kottman, M.D., FACEP Legislative Advocate  9/16/2008  MedaPhase Metamorphoses W. Rick White, Jr., MBA, FACMPE Chief Executive Officer  3/14/2008  Medicaid: New Compliance Enforcement Lynne Kottman, CCP, CHBME Corporate Compliance Officer Legislative Advocate  8/29/2007  Medicare Changes Lynne Kottman, CCP, CHBME Legislative Advocate   11/19/2008  Medicare Fee Fix in Future?   7/31/2007  Medicare Payment Schedule - Gaines & Losses   3/16/2007  Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for last half of 2008 Robert Kottman, MD, FACEP Legislative Advocate  6/10/2008  Meds & Dxs which frequently reflect Critical Care Services Robert Kottman, M.D.  8/29/2007  New Beginnings…New Opportunities W. Rick White, MBA, FACMPE Chief Executive Officer  12/13/2007  New Orleans Post Katrina - Is the Safety Net Still Intact? Lynne Kottman, CCP, CHBME  10/13/2006  New Texas Provider Billing Disclosure Law   8/29/2007  New TrailBlazer E&M Audit Tool - October 2007 Robert Kottman, M.D., FACEP Legislative Advocate  10/1/2007  New Trailblazer EM tool Robert Kottman, MD Medical Director Legislative Advocate  3/14/2008  New Twist on Balance Billing Lynne Kottman, CCP, CHBME Chief Compliance Officer Legislative Advocate  3/14/2008  News of Note: CERT and Medicare Lynne Kottman, CCP, CHBME Director of Compliance  12/22/2006  News of Note: Payment for X-Ray Interpretations   10/13/2006  NPI Contingency Plan Needed Lynne Kottman, CCP, CHBME Legislative Advocate  3/16/2007  Observation Services in the ED Robert Kottman, M.D., FACEP Medical Director & Legislative Advocate  9/29/2006  Organizational Mission and Core Values W. Rick White, Jr., MBA, FACMPE Chief Executive Officer  3/16/2007  Our Role and the Economy W. Rick White, Jr., MBA, FACMPE Chief Executive Officer  10/13/2008  Physician Quality Reporting Initiative Webpage Now Available Lynne Kottman, CCP, CHBME Legislative Advocate  3/16/2007  Physician Shortage Area Bonus to Sunset   12/13/2007  Potential for Increased Texas Medicaid Payments   5/25/2007  PQRI 2008 Update Lynne Kottman, CCP, CHBME  12/13/2007  PQRI Update Lynne Kottman, CCP, CHBME Corportate Compliance Officer, Legislative Advocate  5/25/2007  PQRI: CMS eliminates 2 ED measures Lynne Kottman, CCP, CHBME Corportate Compliance Officer, Legislative Advocate   6/6/2007  PracticeMax, Inc. and MedaPhase, Inc. Announce Merger   5/27/2009  S.B. No 351, A new bill in the TX legislature Lynne Kottman  1/21/2009  Scam Alert re MCR & MCD faxes   7/2/2009  SCHIP Reauthorization   7/31/2007  Skin and/or Mucous Membranes Repair or Removal Robert Kottman, M.D. Medical Director  12/22/2006  Some Good News W. Rick White, MBA, FACMPE Chief Executive Officer  11/19/2008  Swine Flu in TX   4/27/2009  Taking a Patient History Nancy Maguire ACS, CRT, APC, AFC, CPC, CPC-H Associate Director of Coding & Compliance  9/29/2006  Testing Opportunity for the PQRI Lynne Kottman, CCP, CHBME Corportate Compliance Officer, Legislative Advocate  5/25/2007  Texas Margin Tax Forrest Smith, MBA, CHFP, FHFMA Director of Finance and Accounting  6/19/2007  Texas Medicaid: Potential Fee Increases   6/6/2007  The Balance-Billing Controversy - Part 1: History Robert Kottman, MD, FACEP Medical Director & Legislative Advocate  10/13/2006  The Creation of Understanding W. Rick White, Jr., MBA, FACMPE CEO  9/16/2008  The Medicare “Fix” may be Out MedaPhase Legislative Advocates Robert Kottman, M.D., FACEP & Lynne Kottman, CCP, CHBME   12/6/2007  The Uninsured, the Underinsured and the Almost Insured W. Rick White, Jr., MBA, FACMPE Chief Executive Officer  9/29/2006  Vision W. Rick White, Jr., MBA, FACMPE Chief Executive Officer  12/22/2006  Will You Be At the Table? Lynne Kottman, CCP, CHBME Legislative Advocate  6/10/2008
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