Your MARHC membership is now worth even more with MARHC’s new member-only discounts. Be sure to check out the savings available on chronic care management, educational opportunities, revenue cycle management, and more. Midwest Health Care: $25 off per attendee for Midwest Health Care's RHC Billing Training Meeting Learn More: Contact Glen Beussink, Director of Consulting & Clinic Development, at 573-335-4715 or gbeussink@mwhc.net. Or visit http://www.mwhc.net. Midwest Prac

Shirley Goss is the Clinic Nurse Manager at Family Care Clinics of Bates County Hospital. The clinics are located in Adrian and Butler and serve 26,000 patients annually. Shirley has worked in rural health for seven years. She started her career in healthcare as an LPN for 15 years. Then she went back to school and became an RN, graduating from St. Luke's in 1991. She was drawn to work in rural health by the need for quality healthcare in small communities. Every clinic'

CMS has released updated guidance on the requirement that RHCs report the HCPCS code for each service furnished, along with the revenue code, on Medicare claims for services provided on or after April 1, 2016. Coinsurance and deductible are waived for certain approved preventive health services (see Table 1 below). When a preventive health service is the primary service for the visit, RHCs should report modifier CG on the revenue code 052x service line with the preventive he

Bids for the statewide Medicaid managed care contracts were due last Monday, August 1. The following companies submitted responses: Aetna Medicaid Administrators LLC Home State Health Missouri Care United Healthcare Aetna Better Health of MO LLC According to Mo HealthNet's most recent timeline, the contracts will be awarded October 1. The RFP says no more than three contracts will be awarded. Open enrollment for participants is scheduled to start January 20, 2017, with aut