AANEM Practice News Express

CMS to Release Comparative Billing Reports on EDX Testing in February

    1/27/2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be issuing a national provider Comparative Billing Report (CBR) on Electrodiagnostic (EDX) Testing on February 1, 2016. 

Meaningful Use Hardship Applications Streamlined

    1/27/2016

Do EMG Results Predict Response to Epidural Steroid Injections?

    1/27/2016

Fludarabine may be considered in the treatment of refractory CIDP - new evidence from a small case series

    1/13/2016

ABEM MOCP Annual Recording Fees Due by Dec. 31

    12/29/2015
If you are enrolled in the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine’s (ABEM) Maintenance of Certification Program (MOCP), your deadline for submitting your annual CME recording fee ($30) and form is December 31 to avoid a late fee.

Meaningful Use Exemption Update

    12/29/2015

Baseline QST Predicts Development of Neuropathy in Patients Treated with Oxaliplatin

    12/16/2015

Correcting Neuromuscular Deficits with Gene Therapy in Pompe disease

    12/1/2015

2016 Fee Schedule—What Does This Mean for Reimbursement?

    12/1/2015
On On October 30, 2015, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Final Rule for the 2016 Medicare Physician Payment Schedule. Within this document and addendum are updates to the relative value units (RVU), which include work RVUs, practice expense (PE) RVUs, malpractice (MP) RVUs, as well as the proposed Medicare conversion factor.

2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

    11/18/2015
On October 30, 2016, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Final Rule for the 2016 Medicare Physician Payment Schedule. Following is a summary of some of the changes that could affect AANEM members for the calendar year (CY) 2016.