Medaxiom Blog

The 2019 Cardiovascular Provider Compensation and Production Survey has been released. Joel Sauer shares insights about the heart failure data that made its debut in the report this year.

Time is central to the Evaluation and Management (E/M) coding system and changes from CMS and the American Medical Association (AMA) could impact documentation requirements in this area. Nicole Knight provides a few things you may want to look at as you evaluate your time-based coding effectiveness, training needs and future opportunities.

There are changes coming for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) that will effect how we contract to provide these services. Joe Sasson explains what we know now and why he believes these changes mean growth for TAVR and BPCI-A.

It was been predicted that total compensation for cardiologists would go down in 2019 based on data from 2018. Joel Sauer provides a couple solid theories on why that has not happened as well as the data from the 2019 MedAxiom survey.

Developing an incentive plan within cardiology can be complex to ensure providers are rewarded appropriately and expertly. Joel Sauer shares his thoughts on the architecture of value incentive plans and how value is a team sport.

There are a couple of big changes in store for 2019 with the CMS Quality Payment Program (QPP). Cherie Kelly-Aduli explains the changes and how some are substantial enough that you should be aware even if you don’t typically handle the day to day clinic operations, technology upgrades or data collection process for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).