MedAbbrev, now by innoviHealth, has been the industry standard for medical abbreviations and acronyms since 1983. Quick and easy access for hospitals, providers, coders, transcriptionists, students and researchers to over 75,000 entries. With clear and accurate standardization that is always current, medical professionals can reduce the chance of error stemming from misunderstood abbreviations.
Plan on using claims to report e-prescribing code to prevent 2012 penalties
You must use your claims to report at least 10 eligible electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) encounters during the first six months of 2011 or your payments will be reduced by 1% in 2012. Claims-based reporting is the only method you can choose to report G8553 and prevent the 2012 penalty. You can still use other reporting methods, but those options won't keep CMS from lowering your payments.
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