Have an employee who prints encounter forms in advance and contacts the patient concerning past due balances and the expectation of payment at check-in. When the patient checks in for... Read More >
Your EHR vendor should have a stragegy in place for most, if not all, catastrophies. Tapes should only be ONE of many LAYERS of protection you have in place. In... Read More >
St. Elizabeth s Medical Center SEMC has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rules with the... Read More >
With today s complex coding and reimbursement systems, it came as no surprise to discover that payment accuracy rates among insurance companies dip as low as percent. That finding comes... Read More >
The AMA and CMS yesterday issued a joint press release reporting agreement on certain elements of a -month grace period for the October , implementation of ICD- . Although physicians... Read More >
A little-known provision of the Affordable Care Act requires medical practices of all sizes to develop their own compliance plans to reduce fraud and abuse, but we are still awaiting... Read More >
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