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  1. CMS ANNOUNCES VERSION 5010 ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION PERIOD until March 31, 2012. See tinyurl.com/85gaark
  2. Teach Patients How 2 B Good Patients: The Patient Centered Playbook – Connect with Patients Using Social Media tinyurl.com/3n9tab6 @AMBAnet
  3. AMBA Announces Speakers & Events for 2011 Medical Billing Conference. www.ambanet.net/2011.htm bit.ly/o1DtFq
  4. Need help w/5010 transition? Navicure's FREE webinar on getting started & successful transitioning can help. http://tinyurl.com/4xpr9ol
  5. Want to learn more about #RACs? Don't miss Physician Heal Thyself's RAC Summit in Houston on June 5-7, 2011. http://tinyurl.com/3begox6
  6. Will you be caught surprised when the #RAC auditors show up at your office? http://tinyurl.com/4kolrsx
  7. Join AMBA in celebration of National Medical Biller's Day Thursday, March 24, 2011 http://bit.ly/hSHKWa
  8. CMS begins reprocessing of provider claims affected by Affordable Care Act. http://tinyurl.com/463xds2
  9. Interesting article #EHRs in the age of govt-controlled Internet kill switches http://tinyurl.com/49qto2q What about the infrastructure?
  10. Find out who the RAC is in your area and what risk areas they are reviewing for overpayments. http://tinyurl.com/4qeue44
  11. Fam Practices billing 99214 do so incorrectly 48% of time according to CERT. Have you received a CERT documentation request? You must reply!
  12. Speaker Boehner should empty his mailbox so people who need to communicate with him can. Frustrating!!
  13. Get Ready for 5010 - Free Webinars next week http://www.getready5010.org/
  14. Register for EHR Stage 1 MU Incentive Bonus participation at https://ehrincentives.cms.gov/hitech/login.action
  15. ICD10 Implementation CMS Teleconference Jan 12 1-3pm ET. Register at http://tinyurl.com/2dj4fse
  16. Doctors cannot earn incentives under eRx and #EHR. Enroll in EHR, you'll be disenrolled in eRx. See #CMS Tips at http://tinyurl.com/27xvtce
  17. Doctors with patient payment plans still subject to Red Flags Rules for Identity Theft Protection. See http://tinyurl.com/294bvbj
  18. "Death Panels" back-doored by Obama Admin using #CMS regulation to accomplish same goal. See http://tinyurl.com/2bdfnwn