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Using Excel to Harness the Power of Data Management and Revitalize Your AR

Posted 06-17-2010 at 02:47 PM by AndreaStark

Tags accounts receivable, ar reports, dme billing, excel

As a consultant working in the reimbursement sector of the DME industry, I routinely visit clients to perform assessments of their accounts receivable (AR) departments. Like most business owners, these DME suppliers are looking for ways to create a more targeted workflow and improve billing efficiencies. While each case is unique and each client faces their own individual challenges, the one thing I’ve consistently found is that the majority of DME suppliers are underutilizing a valuable tool almost...

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Live DME Webinars on Signature Requrements and AR Efficiencies

Posted 06-15-2010 at 10:08 AM by AndreaStark

Time is running out to attend these events!

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CMS Implements 12-Month Timely Filing Limit - Effective January 1, 2010

Posted 05-11-2010 at 04:41 PM by AndreaStark

CMS Implements 12-Month Timely Filing Limit - Effective January 1, 2010

May 11th, 2010
If you are one of the suppliers who attended Andrea’s The Impact of H.R. 3590 on DME: How the New Healthcare Bill Affects You! webinar, or you’ve subscribed to our RSS feed and are a regular reader of MiraVista's blog, then this news will come as no surprise to you. If you’re not… then listen up!

On May 7, 2010, CMS released MLN Matters® MM6960, which reduces the timely filing...

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PECOS NPI Updates Complete, Rejections Expected to Decline

Posted 01-18-2010 at 01:49 PM by AndreaStark

By: Andrea Stark, DME Consultant and Reimbursement Specialist - MiraVista, LLC

Finally! There’s good news for providers worried about the number of PECOS warning messages on their GenResponse Reports. In a statement released today, CMS announced that they have completed a systematic update of the PECOS system, in which NPIs have been added to the enrollment records of all physicians / non-physician practitioners.

Many physicians were added to PECOS prior to May 2008,...

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Bill to Eliminate Competitive Bidding Gains Sponsors

Posted 01-06-2010 at 03:51 PM by AndreaStark
Updated 01-06-2010 at 03:54 PM by AndreaStark

H.R. 3790, a bill to eliminate the Competitive Bidding program now has 118 co-sponsors.

H.R. 3790 was introduced by Rep. Meek (D-FL) on October 13, 2009 and has been dubbed the Meek Bill. If passed, the bill would effectively repeal the Competitive Bidding program and terminate the contracts of any bid winners.

To keep itself budget neutral, H.R. 3790 proposes two separate cuts in the consumer price index. The first cut of -0.25% would affect all DME except for Group...

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