On Friday December 1st 2020, CMS released the final Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) slated to take effect on January 1, 2021.

There are some big and exciting changes ahead for E&M Coding in 2021! 

Starting January 1st 2021 the new CMS Evaluation and Management or E&M coding scheme goes into effect for outpatient visits. A long overdue and welcome change for providers who are tired of counting bullet points to drive the final code

This is the first major overhaul of the outpatient E&M services in over 25 years. The stated purpose is to reduce the administrative burden on providers, give them more time to spend with patients and provide compensation for non-face to face patient care that in the past has not been reimbursed.

In this blog post you’ll learn strategies to avoid missed revenue and save staff time by using smart efficiency improvements, such as checking insurance information up front. You’ll also learn how you can get back to caring for patients, not chasing payments—and the secret to achieving strong financial outcomes. Finally, you’ll discover how you can get paid quickly, easily, and fully—all while addressing your patient demands for an improved, more efficient experience.

In case you missed it - please join us for a replay of our recent webinar on using the NextGen Office cloud based EMR to create and deploy a virtual practice.

Deliver High Quality Healthcare Anytime, Anywhere, and on any device: desktop, laptop, phone, iPad, Android, Mac etc. using the your NextGen Office patient portal and the built-in, secure telemedicine feature.

The current pandemic has changed the face of health care in many ways. Tools such as telemedicine and online patient portals have now become not only the new normal, but are required to meet patient expectations. They have redefined safe and effective delivery of healthcare services. A robust patient portal with built in telemedicine is now expected by patients, and is crucial in patient retention and care delivery.

Virtual care isn’t going anywhere, in fact patient’s are now expecting it and are assuming their providers can deliver. Learn about how the tools in the NextGen Office Patient Portal can help.

Recommended Workflows for Podiatrists to Document MIPS CQMs

This article describes how podiatrists can document and report performance of MIPS clinical quality measures (CQMs) (formerly known as Registry measures). The recommended workflows apply to APMA MIPS app/Registry users and all other clinical registries. We use Quality ID 126 as an example.

Maryland-based Psychiatry Clinic Unifes Care with NextGen Office

If you're a busy provider taking care of patients in a nursing home or other long term care facility you may find you current EHR is not designed for your unique workflows, both from a clinical documentation and from a billing perspective. 

Google has recently updated the Google My Business (GMB) platform for healthcare providers and other medical professionals. This new
functionality offers two healthcare related links in the GMB Dashboard.