Metro Practice Management Blog

Top 10 CEDI Edits for March 2020 National Government Services Common Electronic Data Interchange (CEDI) has identified the following as the top ten edits that were received during March 2020 on the 277CA for 5010A1 formatted claims. The edit as returned on the 277CA, the edit reference and a[...]

  NextGen Office Patient Portal- Premium YourHealthFile Patient Portal Premium YourHealthFile® Patient Portal (includes telemedicine) This premium patient portal includes enhanced modules that allow patients to update their medical information, schedule and request appointments, get convenient[...]

President Trump Expands Telehealth Benefits for Medicare Beneficiaries During COVID-19 Outbreak; CMS Outlines New Flexibilities Available to People with Medicare On 3/17/2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Fee-for-Service (FFS) Medicare is expanding coverage for[...]

Do you have a Solution for Stay Home Employees? During our struggles with Coronavirus, Many offices are struggling with their employee's having to work from home. However, Medical offices do not have the means of accommodating their staff.   Numerous of Benefits of MPM Hosting.  Your employee's are[...]

Which Billing Codes To Use For TeleMedicine Due to the Coronavirus affect, many offices are reaching out asking how to bill for Telehealth visits. What codes can our office use to Bill for Medicare COVID-19 Virtual Care Visits? What codes do I use with virtual care for commercial and Medicare[...]

Coronavirus- COVID-19 Recommendations and resources: Consult with local public health officials to make the best decisions for your community regarding upcoming programming. Please monitor this CDC web page, which has important information about how coronavirus spreads, its symptoms, FAQs, global[...]

  What are Accountable Care Organizations? Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers who come together voluntarily to give coordinated care to the patients and populations they serve. By coordinating efforts, ACOs help ensure that[...]

New Jersey Department of Health COVID-19 Guidance for Child Care and K-12 Schools March 4, 2020 Many childcare centers, school administrators, teachers and parents within New Jersey are concerned about how the current outbreak of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) will impact their communities[...]

  E-prescribing: How to Leverage the Tools in NextGen Office to Increase Efficiency   Prescribing medications is a major and central part of any provider’s daily tasks. Delays in the prescription process caused by inefficiency or broken processes can impact a patient’s ability to comply to the[...]

  The MIPS Dashboard is designed to help eligible clinicians understand how they are performing in the four MIPS performance categories - Quality,  Promoting Interoperability, Improvement Activities, and Cost. Each performance category is individually scored and has a specific weight that is part[...]