CHARGE TIP |
Continuing
Physics, Port Film and Weekly Management
Billing Clarification: 77336, 77417, 77427
When
billing to Part B in a global setting different
Medicare Carriers have different regulations on
how to bill these procedures.
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Check
out the October Charge Tip!
Provided by Revenue
Cycle, Inc.
Visit RCI at ASTRO, booth #1316!
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TMAT POLICY OF THE MONTH
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Download the following "Medical
Director Job Responsibilites".Note -
Many of the responsibilities in this document
come from the ACR standards.
Job responsibilities for: Medical Physicist,
Dosimetrist, Manager, Radiation Therapist,
Radiation Oncology Nurse, Clerical and Mold
Room Tech are available on the TMAT web
portal.
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NEWS
AND INFORMATION
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Take a look at TMAT's recently published
article entitled, "Measuring
Quality Care in Radiation Oncology"
in the latest issue of ACCC's Oncology
Issues, Vol. 20 No. 5 Sept/October 2005.
The adoption of pay-for-performance
mechanisms for quality improvement is growing
rapidly. Although there is intense
interest in and optimism about
pay-for-performance programs, there is little
published research on pay-for-performance in
health care. Take a look at this
article recently published in the Journal
of the American Medical Association, Vol.
294 No. 14, October 12, 2005.
"Early
Experience With Pay-for-Performance - From
Concept to Practice"
Read about the Leapfrog
Compendium, a free access compendium of
incentive and pay-for-performance programs
aimed at improving health care, developed by
The Leapfrog Group.
Members of ASTRO have created a website to
help people living with a diagnosis of cancer
and their families better understand their
treatment options. Check it out - www.rtanswers.org.
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QA
Survey/Presentation
The 2005
TMAT QA survey results will be shared during the
presentation "Quality Care Delivered" on
Monday, October 17 at 11:00am at the 2005 SROA Annual Meeting in Denver.
Visit TMA Technology in Booth 17 at the SROA
meeting!
ROPE DATABASE
Let
us show you how our quality assurance database,
the ROPE, can help you document and report quality
data vital for reimbursement and compliance.
Read more about the ROPE, http://www.tmatech.com/rope.asp. Call
or e-mail today to setup a 15 minute online demonstration!
TMAT WEB PORTAL
By subscribing
to the web portal you have access to over 200 policies,
procedures and forms that you can customize for
your facility. Policies and forms are updated
according to the latest changes and requirements
of accrediting organizations and compliance issues.
Subscribe now and take advantage of the 2005
pricing!
Level
2 Invoice
Level
3 Invoice
PHYSICS SERVICES
Physics
services such as acceptance and commissioning offered
for all major linear accelerator manufacturers and
3-D TPS
beam data acquisitions and modeling for Phillips, Varian and CMS treatment
planning system, http://www.tmatech.com/partners.asp.
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