In a move to combat identity theft, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services is issuing new Medicare cards that no longer include Social Security numbers. The new 11-character Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) will be made up of numbers and uppercase letters. Starting in April 2018, new Medicare cards will be mailed based on geographic [...]
The end of 2017 means we have all (almost) survived our first year of MIPS reporting! Not so bad, right? Monitoring measure reports throughout the reporting period is only ½ the battle. Now is the time to make sure you have all of the necessary documentation in a safe place in case the future brings [...]
As a patient of a NextGen practice, who uses NextMD (Patient Portal), I have to say, I still get frustrated with trying to set up an appointment. This is nothing against your amazing office staff or anything you have done wrong. I’m frustrated because after all of these advances in technology, it is still difficult [...]
By now, everyone has heard about the NEW Care Guidelines 1.0 that NextGen released. Has your practice upgraded? If you have upgraded, are you taking advantage of the new features? Listed below are the top 5 features of the new care guidelines from NextGen. 1. Auto Apply We asked for it, we got it! NextGen [...]
