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 >
Collecting physician A/R after a departure
The following was a recent listserv question Once a physician leaves a practice, what is a fair to charge for collecting the AR this physician leaves behind? Right now she... Read More >
TAMPER RESISTANT PRESCRIPTION UPDATE
nbsp Medicaid requires that all written prescriptions for outpatient drugs be executed on tamper resistant paper by April , . A prescription is considered tamper resistant if it has one... Read More >
Newsletter for front desk personnel
As most of you know, I am constantly preaching that the most important position in a medical office is the front desk. It all starts there doesn t it and... Read More >
Physician incentive compensation idea
Many physician incentive compensation plans are based on RVUs. This is because one of the problems with a straight productivity incentive program is that there are some practice building activities... Read More >
Getting off physician call rotation
Here is a practical way to handle the issue of when a physician can get off the call schedule and any financial penalty that may attach Physicians aged and years... Read More >
Third party request to release patient information – HIPAA
The following question and answer was rececently published in HcPro s HIPAA Weekly Advisor, a free, weekly e-mail newsletter brought to you by HcPro s premium monthly newsletter Briefings on... Read More >
Many Health Systems Are Adopting Strict Policies on Vendor Gifts to Physicians
Hartford Hospital Implements Strict No-Gift Policy After months of discussion and consensus building, Hartford Hospital embraced a near-zero tolerance policy for vendor gifts. Physicians and key employees accepting gifts of... Read More >
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