From: 25681-return-22-66052733@lb.bcentral.com on behalf of TMA Technology, Ltd. [TMA_Technology@lb.bcentral.com]
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 12:30 PM
To: List Member
Subject: Radiation Oncology Information

 RADIATION ONCOLOGY INFORMATION

CHARGE TIPS by RCI
TMAT is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Revenue Cycle, Inc.
Each month, beginning in September, the TMAT            e-newsletter will feature a charging or coding tip provided by the Revenue Cycle Team.  

We are pleased to announce our collaboration with such a reputable and dynamic company. Together we look forward to providing industry leading services for existing and new cancer center startups.


TMAT POLICY OF THE MONTH
Read the latest update on "Obtaining Informed Consent" from Joint Commission: The Source, July 2005, Volume 3, Issue 7c

Download TMAT's updated "Obtaining Informed Consent" Policy for FREE!
(pdf format)

TMAT is committed to keeping the documentation on the web portal updated according to the latest changes and requirements of accrediting organizations and compliance issues.  


NEWS AND INFORMATION
Latest updates from CMS

"Medicare to pay hospitals for reporting quality data"
Daily Dose from modernhealthcare.com

Proposed Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System for Calendar Year 2006
CMS Website 

Hospital Information Resource for Medicare
CMS Website

The Medicare article regarding paying extra to hospitals reporting quality data, refers to quality indicators related to myocardial infarction, heart failure and pneumonia.  However, it is only a matter of time until those quality indicators are oncology related and reimbursement will vary depending on quality data provided. 
 
We can help you measure your quality data now so that when reimbursement is affected the data generation process will already be in place.  See the ROPE Database link for more details.  
August 22nd, 2005


     QA SURVEY
     If you haven't already completed the anonymous online 
     QA survey, please go to this link and do so,  
    
http://www.tmatech.com/survey/Survey.asp?SurveyId=1
.
    
Survey results will be presented at the 2005 SROA  
     Annual Meeting
in Denver.




     ROPE DATABASE 
   
Let us show you how our quality assurance database,  
     the ROPE, can help you document and report quality  
     data vital for reimbursement and compliance.  Read 
     more about the ROPE, 
     http://www.tmatech.com/rope.asp
     Call or e-mail today to setup a 15 minute online 
     demonstration!



 
      TMAT WEB PORTAL
     To view free samples of policies and forms, register on 
       the TMAT Web Portal, 
       http://www.tmatech.com/service/register.asp
.  By 
       subscribing you have access to over 200 policies, 
       procedures and forms.  Policies and forms are updated 
       according to the latest changes and requirements of 
       accrediting organization and compliance issues.  
       Subscribe now to take advantage of our 2005 pricing!




       PHYSICS SERVICES
      Physics services include acceptance and 
       commissioning offered for all major linear accelerator    
       manufacturers and 3-D TPS beam data acquisitions 
       and modeling for Phillips, Varian and CMS treatment 
       planning systems,
       http://www.tmatech.com/partners.asp.



                              


TMA Technology, Ltd.
1701 W. Northwest Hwy.
Grapevine,TX  76051

Phone: 866-235-8402
Fax: 866-235-8402
Web site: http://www.TMATech.com
E-mail: info@tmatech.com

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