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CCM Program Enhancement Overview:

If you are currently offering Chronic Care Management services to your patients, or thinking about starting a CCM program in 2017, CMS has given you more financial incentive to do so, in the form of 3 new billing codes.  And to make the program easier to implement and manage, CMS has also streamlined service and reporting requirements.

The impact of Donald Trump’s election on the healthcare landscape is beginning to take shape.  Along with his election, the Republican Party has retained control of both houses of Congress and a large majority of state legislatures and governorships. 

Medical Economics has a nice summary of the adoption status of the new CPT code (99490) for Chronic Care Management (CCM) launched by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) almost 2 years ago. Despite the excitement of finally receiving reimbursement for a service that most practices provide for free, only 100,000 patients have been enrolled out of 35 million potentially eligible Medicare patients. The article explores why adoption has been slow, and reasons why starting a CCM...

Avicenna Medical Systems, a medical software developer, is pleased to announce that The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans VISN 10, will be deploying  Avicenna’s medication reconciliation  solution,  MedRec, across 13  medical centers and 58 outpatient clinics.

Avicenna Medical Systems, a medical software developer, is proud to announce its Cloud-based Care Transition Solution, aimed at the small to medium-sized Transitional Care Management Services organizations. The Cloud- based Care Transition Solution is particularly attractive to TCMS organizations because of its low entry point and very affordable volume-based pricing.