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About the cover
San Antonio internist Alexis Wiesenthal, MD, is ready for the new 5010 transaction standards that take effect Jan. 1. Her two-physician practice started preparing for the transition when it adopted an electronic health record system in April. Practices that haven’t prepared for the transition will not be paid for their services.
PHOTO BY MATT RAINWATERS
10 Ready for 5010?
Physicians who are not ready to begin using the new Health Insur- ance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) 5010 electronic claims standards by Jan. 1, 2012, face the possibility of financial ruin. That’s because Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance companies will stop paying their claims. BY CRYSTAL CONDE
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