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	<title>Physician Practice Specialists &#124; Physician Credentialing Services &#124; Medicare Credentialing</title>
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		<title>Report on Insurance Processing Time</title>
		<link>http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/new-clinic-credentialing/report-on-insurance-processing-time/</link>
		<comments>http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/new-clinic-credentialing/report-on-insurance-processing-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Practice Start-Up]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are in the process of compiling last year&#8217;s credentialing data for a report on the average processing time for the top six insurers.  The report will include state or region specific information that will be broken down by insurers.  It will be from the first day that we contacted the insurance company to begin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CMS Delays Ordering/Referring PECOS Regulation Until 2011</title>
		<link>http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/medicare-credentialing/cms-delays-orderingreferring-pecos-regulation-until-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/medicare-credentialing/cms-delays-orderingreferring-pecos-regulation-until-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[






Okay so you have some breathing room but &#8212; don’t wait until the end of the year, CMS reps say.
Practices that have been struggling to make sure that their ordering/referring physicians’ national provider identifiers (NPIs) were in the PECOS system can now relax a little bit &#8211; at least until next year.
If your physician performs a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Billing Correctly with Q6 Modifier</title>
		<link>http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/medical-coding/billing-with-correctly-q6-modifier/</link>
		<comments>http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/medical-coding/billing-with-correctly-q6-modifier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical Coding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[billing procedures]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[modifier]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/?p=768</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There continues to be a lot of debate/discussion on the appropriate ways to utilize the Q6 modifier.  There is very good information in the practice forum that should help practice considering the use of the Q6 modifier but we also wanted to provide you with the CMS documentation.  Nearly everyone at some time or another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Practice Start-Up Services Testimonial</title>
		<link>http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/testimonials/practice-start-up-services-testimonial/</link>
		<comments>http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/testimonials/practice-start-up-services-testimonial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Testimonials]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a testimonial that is worth sharing with those considering our service.
“As a practicing internist who is going solo and trying to handle all of the responsibilities of transitioning, your company has been a GODSEND. You have walked me through the process, made it MUCH MORE UNDERSTANDABLE and have always been available for my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Coding Publications</title>
		<link>http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/medical-coding/free-coding-publications/</link>
		<comments>http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/medical-coding/free-coding-publications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical Coding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coding alert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coding magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[continued service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free coding magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free coding newsletters]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[healthcare compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legislative publications]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/?p=748</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of our continued service to the medical community we are offering two free issues of numerous coding publications.  Just about every specialty is covered in addition to various healthcare compliance, Medicare, and legislative publications.  This is a great way to increase your knowledge and stay current with all of the changes happening in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Referring Provider Documentation</title>
		<link>http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/medicare-credentialing/medicare-referring-provider-documentation/</link>
		<comments>http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/medicare-credentialing/medicare-referring-provider-documentation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicare Credentialing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PECOS Medicare]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/?p=711</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have already registered with PECOS here is the documentation from CMS providing you with the List of Providers who are also registered in PECOS.  It is important to remember that a provider you refer to must also be in PECOS or you risk having your claim denied by Medicare.  This is working out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Physician Recruitment Methods</title>
		<link>http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/search-physician-jobs/physician-recruitment-methods/</link>
		<comments>http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/search-physician-jobs/physician-recruitment-methods/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Physician Job Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acceptable candidate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising campaigns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contingency firms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost effectiveness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/?p=683</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Physician Recruitment Methods:
I would suggest considering the following avenues, in order of cost effectiveness:

Networking with friends of existing physicians and regional training programs
Advertise in journals and on websites catering to the specialties you seek.  Every specialty has one or two journals and/or websites that most active job-seekers look at.
Keep your ear to the ground for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utilizing PAs &amp; NPs In Practice</title>
		<link>http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/physician-extendors/utilizing-pas-nps-in-practice/</link>
		<comments>http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/physician-extendors/utilizing-pas-nps-in-practice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Physician Extendors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[case preparation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centers for medicare and medicaid]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/?p=655</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Integrating a physician extender or NPP(non physician provider) into your office isn’t a matter of “one-size-fits-all.” How you utilize a physician assistant (PA) or nurse practitioner (NP) depends on many factors, but NPPs or non physician providers are most often integrated in the following ways:

Operating room (OR) surgical assistant
Independent practice without a physician present (Indirect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Physician Job Posting with The Physician Job Network</title>
		<link>http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/search-physician-jobs/free-physician-job-posting/</link>
		<comments>http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/search-physician-jobs/free-physician-job-posting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Physician Job Search]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[free physician job posting]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/?p=632</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If your practice is considering hiring a new associate then it would be  a great idea to utilize the free marketing services of the Physician Job Network.  They utilize advanced SEO tools to put your position at the top of the major search engines.  This is a job site that we helped fund because we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PPS Launches Free Credentialing &amp; Practice Management Forum</title>
		<link>http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/credentialing-forum-qa/pps-launches-free-credentialing-practice-management-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/credentialing-forum-qa/pps-launches-free-credentialing-practice-management-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credentialing Forum]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nurse practitioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[physician assistants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physician Credentialing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[physicians]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://physiciancredentialingservices.com/?p=605</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have designed a credentialing and practice management forum as a tool for physicians, nurse practitioners, business owners, physician assistants and anyone else interested.  This is a way for you to ask expert Medicare and Physician Credentialing specialists questions or learn from anothers experience.  It is free to join without any strings attached.
Sign up here [...]]]></description>
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