Economic Stimulus Package Act of 2008
Here is some very important information for you regarding the Economic Stimulus Package Act of Tax law enacted to spur U.S. economy The Economic Stimulus Package Act of is designed... Read More >
Court Dismisses Antitrust Claims Brought by Radiologists against Hospital
On January , the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee dismissed claims brought by four interventional radiologists that they were illegally excluded from providing services to a... Read More >
Relationship between medical device industry and physicians
nbsp Gregory Demske, Assistant Inspector General for Legal Affairs, testified this morning before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging on Examining the Relationship between the Medical Device Industry and... Read More >
Will physicians consider dropping Medicare patients?
In my last blog posting, I made reference to the AMA Patient Action Network. Will physicians really decide to not see Medicare patients if Medicare reimbursement cuts do occur later... Read More >
AMA Patient Action Network
A lot of people are concerned about the constant cycle of Medicare cuts to the doctors who treat their senior citizens. If the proposed cuts go into effect beginning July... Read More >
Resource for physician office compliance manuals
Total Compliance Solutions is a respected vendor for compliance training and manuals, such as for HIPAA and OSHA. http://www.tcs-inc.us/index.html Read More >
OIG Advisory Opinion 08-05
From the American Health Lawyers Association www.healthlawyers.org Summary of OIG Advisory Opinion - Issued February , , and posted February , Written by Cathy Martin, Reviewed by Claire Turcotte Advisory... Read More >
OIG email list
The Office of Inspector General s E-Mail list provides you with notification of additions to the OIG Internet site. Health care providers, attorneys, journalists, government staff and others can get... Read More >
General know-how can save time and help patients
Regardless of the plan, it s essential that your staff handle the care plan rules with a team approach. Patients frequently don t understand their coverage and its restrictions, and... Read More >
Upcoming seminar on workplace harassment
Workplace harassment does happen, even in medical practices. From my experiences, the most common form of harassment is verbal harassment people yell, people scream you know the type. Workplace harassment... Read More >
HR resource for your medical practice
Here is a website you might want to check out; has a lot of HR resources such as articles, training tools, Q&A, etc: http://www.thehrspecialist.com/ Read More >
Essential Policies and Procedures: The Complete Series for Physician Practices
Established policies and procedures A win-win for your practice With a strong, well-written, up-to-date, and user-friendly procedures manual, your employees get an easy-to-follow roadmap that leads straight to the success... Read More >
New Medicare newsletter for physician practices
One Part B coding slip can cost your practice , s in missed reimbursement opportunities, signal a Medicare audit, or, even worse, invite fraud charges. But your time is to... Read More >
Do you have a personal appearance policy?
Over the years, I ve seen about it all when it comes to employee appearance in a physician s office body piercings, tattoos, too much cleavage, etc. etc. etc. So... Read More >
Sample list of pricing questions to consider
Involuntary pricing transparency isn t just a concern of the managed care professionals who negotiate contracts with payors. The release of inaccurate data could have a ripple effect on the... Read More >
A physician speaks
My good friend Frank Cohen www.cpahealth.com recently received the following email from a friend of his who is a physician. It is really quite sad but reflects the state of... Read More >
HIPAA real life example
Patient suffers a shoulder injury while on the job-installing a glass windshield. Employees of this company are required by their employer to have a urinalysis everytime there is an injury... Read More >
CMS Begins HIPAA Security ‘Compliance Reviews’ in Regular New Effort Unrelated to Prior OIG Audits
Reprinted from REPORT ON PATIENT PRIVACY, the industry s most practical source of news on HIPAA patient privacy provisions. Officials from the CMS Office of E-Health Standards and Services intend... Read More >
Annual in-house physician office training
The following are the most common annual training programs in physician offices please compare them to your own in-house training OSHA Required HIPAA Required Sexual Harassment Customer Service CPT Coding... Read More >
NY Attorney General suing Ingenix and UnitedHealthcare
nbsp FROM A PRESS RELEASE BY THE NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that he is conducting an industry-wide investigation into a scheme by... Read More >
Physician offices โ collections in difficult times
Read about some common sense approaches to physician office collections during these difficult times by Peter Lucash over at the AllBusiness medical practice business blog https www.allbusiness.com insurance health-insurance -... Read More >
Internet usage policy
If your practice doesn t already have one in place, here is an internet usage policy you might want to consider adding to your internal policy and procedures manual PRACTICE... Read More >
HCG staff salary survey now available
The Health Care Group has released its staff salary survey. The Staff Salary Survey provides nationwide salary statistics for key office positions. Organized by position, years of service, and locale,... Read More >
Disruptive physician behavior in the office setting
Last week a practice administrator posed the following question Does anyone have a resource for finding a consultant who specializes in mediating or addressing anger management issues for Physicians? I... Read More >
HIPAA: When patients request copies of their medical records
From the HIPAA Weekly Advisor Briefings on HIPAA Q When patients request copies of their medical records, should covered entities release only the records that they generated and withhold information... Read More >
Cutting costs of staff fringe benefits, but not to the quick
Although you want to remain competitive about benefits, cost-conscious medical practices have begun evaluating health insurance premiums, retirement plan contributions, and staff education outlays more closely than ever. If you... Read More >
Summary of OIG Advisory Opinion 08-03
From the American Health Lawyers Association www.healthlawyers.com nbsp Summary of OIG Advisory Opinion - Issued January , , and posted February , Written by Ingrid Brydolf, Reviewed by Joseph M.... Read More >
Book can help analyze E/M coding patterns
Wonder how your E M billing stacks up against your peers? Part of any good compliance plan is the know-how to understand your practice s billing patterns. It s never... Read More >
Negative physician references: What do they mean?
What should you do if you get a negative reference about a candidate? First, ask yourself why. Don t eliminate a candidate based solely on a less-than-positive response. Next, dig... Read More >
Recognize the power of silence
Listening to what people say really saves time. Staffers and doctors who feel you don t pay attention to them will tune out the conversation at hand, making it difficult... Read More >
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