Recent healthcare data breaches
HealthIT Security reports the following SSM Health St. Mary s Hospital in Jefferson City, Missouri, reported to OCR on July that an improper disposal of paper medical records may have... Read More >
HealthIT Security reports the following SSM Health St. Mary s Hospital in Jefferson City, Missouri, reported to OCR on July that an improper disposal of paper medical records may have... Read More >
Courtesy of lexology.com and author Mark Wiletsky https www.lexology.com author Mark B Wiletsky Are physician noncompete agreements enforceable? They can be, depending on the circumstances, though there are few reported... Read More >
The Centers for Medicare amp Medicaid Services CMS updated its Quality Payment Program Participation Status Tool to include Qualifying APM Participant QP and MIPS APM status. The tool has been... Read More >
PECOS FAQs Booklet The PECOS FAQs Booklet is available. Learn about Required information for Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System PECOS enrollment Application issues Revalidations PECOS for Provider and Supplier... Read More >
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas will begin a controversial new program today in which it will not pay any expenses for an out-of-network emergency room visit if it... Read More >
A free webinar presented by the National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants www.nschbc.org MACRA MIPS Made Easy Balancing Regulatory Compliance with Provider Efficiency Register for the NSCHBC free, -minute... Read More >
Great list by the Texas Medical Association www.texmed.org Failure to listen to and respect your patients Failure to maintain accurate, legible, and complete documentation Not establishing standards of conduct for... Read More >
You probably need to give employees access to the Internet so they can do their jobs, such as checking payer websites. But you might also worry that they re wasting... Read More >
Improve Patient Satisfaction Put Yourself in your Patient s Shoes When was the last time you or a mystery shopper walked in your practice s front door and saw your... Read More >
You can contribute to a Roth IRA for him or her up to , for , but not more than the child s earnings. Inside the Roth, earnings grow tax-free.... Read More >
nbsp The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS defines telehealth services to include those services that require a face-to-face meeting with the patient. Reimbursement for these services was initiated... Read More >
nbsp New Medicare Card Using Your MAC s MBI Look-Up Tool When you use the Medicare Administrative Contractor MAC secure portal Medicare Beneficiary Identifier MBI look-up tool, you must use... Read More >
While not a specific physician-related tax case, I can see similarities in the fact pattern should a physician ever want to store medical practice documents in his or her garage.... Read More >
Your patient probably learned a thing or two about you online before stepping into your office. Or, if he or she couldn t find you online, that may have left... Read More >
To avoid getting scammed, everyone should know how the IRS contacts taxpayers. This will help people avoid becoming a victim of scammers who pretend to be from the IRS with... Read More >
Under prior tax law, Sec. plans were designed to offer a tax-advantaged savings tool for higher education costs. In addition to the earnings in the ac count being tax-free if... Read More >
Here are some other ideas to consider Missed chart notes. Sometimes things get busy and healthcare staff cannot keep up on their paperwork. A week goes by, and then a... Read More >
You practice cannot afford to not to identify areas of potential lost revenue. This and future blog posts will explore some areas you may want to take a look at.... Read More >
On July , CMS proposed historic changes that would increase the amount of time that doctors and other clinicians can spend with their patients by reducing the burden of paperwork... Read More >
Since the new tax law increased the estate tax exclusion to million dollars, indexed for inflation, taxable estates will continue to decline. As such, if you do not expect to... Read More >
CMS has posted an additional resource on CMS.gov to help eligible clinicians and groups understand their Merit-based Incentive Payment System MIPS payment adjustment based on their performance. The MIPS Payment... Read More >
nbsp Medicare does not cover items and services that are not reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of an illness or injury or to improve the functioning of... Read More >
Each year the National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants surveys its members and compiles a Statistics Report on Medical and Dental Income and Expense Averages. Get a copy of... Read More >
CMS Program Statistics are available, including detailed summary statistics on Medicare populations, utilization, and expenditures, as well as counts for Medicare-certified institutional and non-institutional providers. Tables for calendar years to... Read More >
Are you a victim of these types of employee activities? Payroll and ghost employees Ghost employees are individuals who receive paychecks but do not exist, or exist but are not... Read More >
CMS updated the Quality Payment Program Look-Up Tool with Merit-based Incentive Payment System MIPS eligibility and Qualifying Alternative Payment Model APM Participant QP data. Clinicians, enter your National Provider Identifier... Read More >
At the HCCA Compliance Institute HIPAA Policy and Enforcement Update, it was reported that since September through the end of there were reports filed with the HHS OCR involving breaches... Read More >
The IRS never initiates correspondence via email. Do not click on any links, open or respond to any email that claims to be from the IRS, Install and maintain a... Read More >
A revised Avoiding Medicare Fraud amp Abuse A Roadmap for Physicians Web-Based Training course is available through the Learning Management System Opens in a new window . Learn about Three... Read More >
Your practice is looking for a new medical office receptionist So what are some of the elements I should include in the job description? The job description you decide on... Read More >