On July , , the United States Department of Justice announced Sound Inpatient Physicians, Inc. Sound Inpatient will pay . million dollars to settle allegations that it over-billed Medicare and... Read More >
The IRS released a draft of Form , which will be used by individuals, estates, and trusts to compute the new . net investment income tax NIIT . Beginning in... Read More >
According to an FAQ on the CCIIO website, HHS has clarified that, for the federally-facilitated marketplaces, CMS intends to verify the income on of the applications for advance payment of... Read More >
nbsp Under the Affordable Care Act, group health plans and health insurance issuers are required to provide certain notices in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner. The rules require certain... Read More >
Question I need some advice regarding the handling of walk-ins. We are a big pediatric office with providers, and during the winter months we see anywhere from - a day.... Read More >
nbsp Far too often we hear comments from physicians like It s the front desk. How hard can it be? or All the they do is check patients in out... Read More >
If you are looking into using a locum tenens staffing company for temporary physician or nurse practitioner staffing support, obtaining a return on your investment is likely among your primary... Read More >
Sample Physician Compensation Formularies Here are a few sample physician compensation formularies I have worked on in the past. Keep in mind each can be tweaked to fit a particular... Read More >
Know your current costs. An actionable picture of current costs requires a thoughtfully constructed chart of accounts that groups expenditures logically at a reasonable level of detail. For instance, a... Read More >
Neglecting Regular Training and Fresh Risk Assessments One-and-done approaches to HIPAA training is a major no-no it s something that causes employees over time to forget about their compliance obligations.... Read More >
Coding accuracy audits can help your organization optimize revenue, reduce compliance exposure, and increase organizational efficiency by Preventing you from undervaluing services performed more money Reducing Eliminating rejected claims and... Read More >
Addressing Denied Claims in Physician Compensation Plans I often find physician compensation plans that use a Work RVU based formulary fail to take in to account denied claims charges. When... Read More >
nbsp I read today in the Accounting Today Newswire that the late actor James Gandolfini s untimely death last month at the age of has apparently left his family facing... Read More >
nbsp OIG has launched an online submission process for the Self-Disclosure Protocol. The SDP is for providers who wish to voluntarily disclose self-discovered evidence of potential fraud to OIG. Self-disclosure... Read More >
nbsp Some of the thorniest territory relates to staffing, especially when it comes to deciding managers and administrators roles in the new practice. Problems often arise when physicians avoid the... Read More >
nbsp The Obama administration Tuesday announced a one-year delay in the Affordable Care Act s requirement that businesses with or more employees offer coverage to their workers or pay a... Read More >
A culture of fear enables process problems to remain undetected or unreported in your medical practice. Performance improvement depends to a great extent on whether your staff members feel comfortable... Read More >
Anybody who works in or deals with physician medical practices knnow about the day to day struggles of how to keep everyone happy in a very uncertain era. I find... Read More >
AMA Health Insurer Report Card Key Findings and ABI The AMA publishes an annual report card of the claims revenue cycle activities of the major commercial health insurers and Medicare.... Read More >
nbsp This document is a collection of annual high level data that illustrate facts about Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs such as, where ACOs are located, as well as ACO... Read More >
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/health/medicare-panel-urges-cuts-to-hospital-payments-for-services-doctors-offer-for-less.html?_r=0 http://medpac.gov/documents/Jun13_FactSheet.pdf http://medpac.gov/documents/Jun13_EntireReport.pdf Read More >
nbsp Shasta Regional Medical Center SRMC has agreed to a comprehensive corrective action plan to settle an investigation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS about potential... Read More >
nbsp Blaming low compensation and the hassles of healthcare reform, of general practice physicians say they plan to leave the practice of medicine over the next decade, according to a... Read More >
Review policies and procedures to ensure they are up to date and comprehensive. Review your files and documentation to ensure that appropriate patient information safeguards exist. Assess your organization s... Read More >
Here are some typical actions by the medicadl practice Notices to staff do immediately after decision was made Notices to patients usually goes out about days before departure date Notices... Read More >
nbsp HHS has provided online tools to assist providers protect patient data in mobile devices, such as laptops, tablets, and smartphones. The initiative is called Mobile Devices Know the RISKS.... Read More >
nbsp On May , the DOL issued eagerly anticipated guidance regarding the notice of health insurance exchanges that employers must distribute to employees during , including model notices that employers... Read More >
Principles of Extraordinary Leadership Empowering Teams for Success . They Remove the Nonperformers Average bosses sometimes hire somebody who can t do the job but then keep that person on... Read More >
Lessons from Tuomey Healthcare Stark Law Compliance and Legal Precedents From the Health Law Daily by Wolters Kluwer On May , , the Department of Justice DOJ filed a motion... Read More >
nbsp CPT designed modifiers to represent the extra physician work involved in performing a procedure because of extenuating circumstances present in a patient encounter. Modifier represents those extenuating circumstances that... Read More >
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