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Calendar of Events 2013

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

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Jan 16-19                                CAL/ACEP 36th Annual EM 
Yosemite Conference              

Jan 27-30
OR/ACEP 30th Annual Northwest Winter Conference in Emergency Medicine

Jan 31-Feb 3                   MI/ACEP Winter Symposium
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ACEP Coding and Reimbursement

Feb 9-13
AAEM Scientific Assembly, Las Vegas

Apr 28-30
EDPMA 16th Annual Solutions Summit

May 2-3
IN/ACEP 41st Annual Educational Conference

May 19-22
ACEP 2013 Leadership and Advocacy

Jun 3-4
OH/ACEP Annual Meeting

Jul 9-11
WA/ACEP 2013 EM Leadership Assembly

Jul 28-31
MI/ACEP 40th Michigan Emergency Medicine Assembly

Oct 14-17
ACEP 2013 Scientific Assembly

Nov 10-11
MI/ACEP Straight Talk

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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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


Reimbursement Update | Payer Audits

By Bing Pao, MD, FACEP, & Andrea Brault, MD, FACEP, MMM,
California ACEP Reimbursement Committee Co-Chairs

To read the full article, click here.

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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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