decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2008 Issue 1 (January)
Did 2007 predictions come true?
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Article Overview
This article reviews a set of predictions made at the start of 2007 and checks them against what actually happened during the year. It is aimed at readers following Medicare policy, physician reimbursement, coding administration, and related regulatory changes, and it discusses broad developments around payment reform, identifier implementation, incentives for electronic records, and early MUE rollout.
Why This Topic Matters
It helps coding and reimbursement professionals understand how major policy initiatives evolved in 2007 and how CMS and lawmakers approached physician-payment and administrative changes that affected practice operations.
What You Will Learn
- How 2007 Medicare policy predictions compared with actual developments
- What happened with physician payment reform efforts during 2007
- How NPI implementation timing changed
- What did and did not happen regarding gainsharing and EMR incentives
- How the early Medically Unlikely Edits rollout was described
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Coding auditors
- Practice managers
- Physician billing staff
- Healthcare reimbursement professionals
- Policy analysts
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