TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO EMPOWER PHYSICIAN PRACTICES
CMA’s Reimbursement Helpline (888) 401-5911 Through this FREE members only service, CES provides one-on-one educational assistance and advocacy to physician members and their staff. Practices can call on CMA’s Center for Economic Services reimbursement experts to discuss economic issues affecting their practice, including but not limited to billing and collections, coding and documentation, and managed care contracts.
CMA’s Center for Economic Services (CES) is staffed by practice management experts with a combined experience of over 125 years in medical practice operations. Our goal is to empower physician practices by providing resources and guidance to improve the success of your practice. Whether it’s identifying and fighting unfair payment practices or improving the efficiency of your practice, CMA has tools and resources to help. Learn more at www.cmanet.org/ces.
Practice Management Bulletin CMA Practice Resources (CPR) is a free monthly e-bulletin from CMA’s practice management experts that focuses on critical payor and health care industry changes and how they directly impact the business of a physician practice. Each issue includes tips on reimbursement and contracting related issues along with information on the latest practice management news. Visit www.cmanet.org/cpr to sign up.
MEMBER BENEFITS & SERVICES
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Webinar Series
CMA hosts a series of free monthly webinars to educate physicians and their staff on a range of topics from health information technology to reimbursement issues. CMA members can access archived webinars on demand and the upcoming webinar calendar on our website at www.cmanet.org/webinars.
MACRA Resources
To help physicians understand the MACRA payment reforms, and what they can do now to start preparing for the transition, CMA has published a MACRA resource center at www.cmanet.org/macra. There you will find an overview of MACRA, and a comprehensive list of tools, resources and information on the Medicare payment reforms.
CMA: Tools and Resources to Empower Physician Practices
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