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The MedAxcess Annual Survey Data are now available. The comprehensive 2019 data can be used to design market competitive provider compensation plans, develop performance improvement plans and even guide clinical utilization reviews. Access the How to Navigate to Survey Data document to help you start reviewing the data today. Learn More.

Thursday, April 16, 2020, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Presenter: Jammie Quimby, CPC, CCC, CEMC, CCS-P, CPMA, CRC – Revenue Cycle Solutions Consultant, MedAxiom

Please join us for this in-depth webinar on coding complicated EP Services. In this advanced session we will cover several coding rules for some of the more difficult areas of this specialty. Register.

Webinar Series: COVID-19 and the CV Service Line Recordings Now Available

• COVID-19 and the CV Service Line: Practical Approaches for an Unprecedented Pandemic- Part 1

• COVID-19 and the CV Service Line: Setting up Telehealth in Your Office - Part 2

• COVID-19 and the CV Service Line: Operationalizing Telehealth Visits and Virtual Services – Part 3

• COVID-19 and the CV Service Line: Legal Questions You Never Thought to Ask - Part 4

Visit the MedAxiom COVID-19 Resources for CV Organizations page for the latest information and tools.

(Fierce Healthcare) - Given reports that doctors and other medical professionals are being silenced about coronavirus conditions, the country’s two largest physician groups say doctors have the right to be heard.

(Fierce Healthcare) - We live in a transactional society. As a consumer, if you want to buy something, you go online or to the store, you find out how much it costs, you buy it. It’s a pretty simple process of getting the things we need—until it comes to healthcare.

(STAT News) - One week after President George W. Bush declared war in Iraq in 2003, I was deployed there as an Army nurse.

(MedPage Today) -- Newly TAVR-eligible centers differ from established centers, study finds

(CV Business) - The Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) has launched a new study aimed at evaluating how COVID-19 is impacting the health of physicians throughout the United States. Researchers will also assess the potential ability of hydroxychloroquine to limit infections among high-risk healthcare providers.

(The Hill) - President Trump announced Thursday that he is expanding his use of the Defense Production Act (DPA) to help several manufacturers secure supplies for ventilators.

(STAT News) - The White House is expected to announce a new policy, based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that would urge Americans to wear cloth masks in an effort to prevent coronavirus spread, according to a federal official familiar with the policy.

(Revenue Cycle Advisor) - This week’s Medicare updates include a new process for survey activities during the current public health emergency, the passage of the CARES Act, an FAQ on the OIG’s new telehealth policies, and more!

(Patient Engagement HIT) - Major health systems and payers are eliminating patient financial responsibility for coronavirus treatments, ideally making care more accessible.

(HealthLeaders Media) - ProPublica's health reporter Caroline Chen explains what the conversation around asymptomatic coronavirus carriers is missing, and what we need to understand if we're going to beat this nefarious virus together.

(Reuters) - People infected with the novel coronavirus can transmit the infection one-to-three days before symptoms start to appear, according to a study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

(The Cardiology Advisor) - A significant subset of patients with severe aortic stenosis showed increased left ventricular diastolic pressure (LVDP) after undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), according to study results intended to be presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology/World College of Cardiology (ACC.20/WCC), March 28-30, 2020.

(HealthDay News) -- Folks with clogged arteries do as well with medication and lifestyle changes as they do after undergoing invasive procedures to reopen their blood vessels, a major new clinical trial reports.

(MedPage Today) -- Speech characteristics picked up in telemedicine tied to mortality, admissions

(CNN) - For millions of Americans, a job doesn't only mean a paycheck -- it also provides their health insurance.

(STAT News) - On March 15, the governor of Washington called the Seattle area the “hotbed of this outbreak.”

(HealthLeaders Media) - Retired clinicians, who are often at high risk because of age, can contribute to pandemic response in several ways that do not involve direct patient care.