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We provide in-depth reports on specific Payers policy change trends and how those changes are impacting your organization. Specifically designed to assist medical practices with quantifying change management and for vendors looking to qualify opportunities. Contact us to learn more.


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The goal of the Verden Rankings system is to evaluate how well or how poorly managed care companies (Payers) are performing from the perspective of physician practice management. The data used to rank these companies is collected daily from policy changes posted on the Payers' own websites.



Recent and Upcoming Events

HIPAA Related Matters as it Concerns Eye Physicians

Management Program - June 11, 2010 Aqua Turf, Plantsville, CT 06759

Jason E. Lopata, Esq, Senior Consultant of the Legal Services Division of The Verden Group will be presenting a session on HIPAA issues surrounding privacy and security. Jason will guide you on how to get "meaningful use" out of Electronic Health Records, and how to use social networking effectively and with prudence. Learn how and why practices must conduct a privacy and security risk assessment on a regular basis. Attend this informative session and learn the necessary steps for protecting

Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians


Billing, Coding and Operational Issues

Management Program - June 11, 2010 Aqua Turf, Plantsville, CT 06759

Join Yossi Faber, Consultant for the Verden Group, as he reviews the current state of healthcare economics. Yossi will lead participants through important issues surrounding billing, coding and operations, such as scheduling, charge capture and prepping for visits. Yossi will share his expertise on how these issues relate to healthcare plans, utilizing payer policy alerts, billing practices, productivity and reducing your overhead.

Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians


VALUE BASED PAYMENTS: COMING SOON TO A PAYER NEAR YOU

Princeton, NJ

Just when you thought you had mastered PQRI (pay for reporting) and have finally managed to earn some P4P payments (physician profiling), along comes a new breed of payment, VBP. Major payers are moving quickly away from traditional fee-for-service payments and rapidly toward “value based” payment instead. Learn about the origins of VBP models, proposed applications of these payment systems, and why you need to know about them NOW.

Medical Society of NJ


Maximize Practice Revenue by Keeping up with Frequent Payer Policy Changes

Webinar

Collecting accurate payment for medical services and managing payers' ever-changing administrative and clinical criteria is both expensive and time consuming. Whether you're monitoring reimbursement from payers or attempting to stay compliant with formulary and authorization updates, time is money.

MVP.com


Verden In The News

Direct-to-consumer Wellness Programs

I attended a managed-care business forum in Washington a couple of weeks ago to find out what initiatives payers have been working on recently.
Physicians Practice Pearls, April 2010

Payer Take-backs, Take That!

You know how this goes — you receive a letter from the insurance company requesting a refund for payments they made you because...
Physicians Practice Pearls, March 2010

Medicare Pay Freeze May Still Leave Physicians in Bad SGR "Fix"

For months, organized medicine has warned that if a 21.2% Medicare pay cut takes effect this March, as required by the notorious sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, many physicians will not be able to afford to accept any more Medicare patients — or stay in the program at all.
Medscape Medical News, February 2010

Preparing for Reform’s New Patients

Take steps now to get your practice ready for an influx of newly insured Americans.
Physicians Practice, February 2010

Billing and Collections: Plug Revenue Leaks

Shrinking reimbursements are beyond physicians’ control, but they can become more aggressive — and successful — in collecting all of the payments to which they’re entitled.
Millenium Medical (Blog), November 2009

REVITALIZING THE SMALL EMPLOYER GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE MARKET IN TEXAS

White paper exploring opportunities to increase the viability of the commercial market for small employer group health insurance.
Mayor Bill WHite, Houston, TX

Madden Testifies to the Senate State Committee, Austin, TX

Read full details of Susanne Madden's testimony to the Senate State Committee here.
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