emergency medical billing

WA Governor Suspends Medicaid Denial Plan, State Considers Physician-Drafted Alternative

Emergency Groups’ Office and many of its clients are contributors to the EMAF.  The Fund contributed $50,000 to the Washington ACEP legal defense fund (with another $50,000 pledged if the legal battle continued) as the behavior of the Washington Health Care Authority was perceived as a national threat to the safety net. We are pleased that Governor suspended the denial plan.

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New Law Affecting PA and NP Function in the ED Takes Effect January 1, 2012

California ACEP’s successful lobbying efforts contributed to improved laws regarding use of non-physician providers (physician assistants and nurse practioners) (NPPs) in the Emergency Department. On January 1, 2012, Senator Pavley’s Senate Bill 233 becomes effective

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New Law Requiring Discounted Care Takes Effect January 1, 2011

 To view ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 1503
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Calendar of Events 2012

Emergency Groups’ Office will be exhibiting at the following conferences:

May 3-4                                          Indiana ACEP 40th Annual Conference Indianapolis, IN

May 16-18
WA ACEP Summit to Sound - Seattle, WA

May 20-23
EDPMA Solutions Summit XV-Boston, MA

May 20-23
ACEP Leadership and Advocacy Conference- Washington D.C.

June 5th
Ohio ACEP Annual Meeting -Dublin, OH

June 21-23
CAL ACEP Annual Meeting - Monterey, CA

July 29 -Aug 1
MI ACEP 39th EM Assembly Mackinac Island, MI

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Welcome to Emergency Groups’ Office

Emergency Groups' Office provides a full range of medical billing and coding management services to emergency physician groups utilizing:

Our objective is to obtain the highest equitable net income per patient for our clients following the principal that we use the fees our clients' pay us for their benefit. At all times we will deliver our services while holding to the highest ethical and legal standards. We will staff the Company with employees encompassing a blend of clinical and business backgrounds as we know that contributions from both disciplines are necessary to obtain our objective.

 

 

Recently at Emergency Groups Office

 
Emergency Medicine Action Fund

Andrea Brault, MD, FACEP is a member of the Board of Governors of the Emergency Medicine Action Fund that helped stop the Medicaid cuts in Washington State.

To read more about the EMAF's work this year, click here.

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ARIZONA MEDICAID AUDIT

EGO wins Medicaid audit with no repayments required. Inspector General compliments our cooperation. Click here to read "Anatomy of an Audit" on our blog to learn how the ED group was chosen and how EGO's defense worked.

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FAIRBANKS DAILY NEWS

EGO Client Reaches Landmark Settlement with Payer

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LOS ANGELES TIMES

Hospitals Are Wary Of California Budget Plan To Shift Emergency Funds

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SACRAMENTO BEE

Budget Cut Would Push ERs Closer To Closure
By Dr. Andrea Brault

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SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE

Dr. Andrea Brault, Emergency Groups' Office President, was interviewed and quoted

Lawmakers, activists weigh proposed Medi-Cal cuts

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PATIENT LETTER

This letter comes to us from a very distraught patient who wanted to express his appreciation to an Emergency Groups' Office patient service representative. 

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AMERICAN MEDICAL NEWS

EGO client, John Milne, MD, FACEP, leads the charge to preserve fair payments in Washington State. State Supreme Court will consider the issue this month. Their struggle is of concern to all emergency physicians. EGO President, Andrea Brault MD is leading CAL ACEP's efforts in California.