CMS announced Notice of Intent to Apply (NOIA) and application cycle dates for a January 1, 2020, start date for the Medicare Shared Savings Program – Pathways to Success - Opens in a new window . Beginning June 11, 2019, CMS will start accepting NOIAs via the Accountable Care … [Read more...]
CMS Releases All-Payer Guidance – CMS Quality Payment Program
CMS is collecting information and documentation to determine whether payment arrangements qualify as Other Payer Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs) under the Quality Payment Program (QPP). Payers with commercial payment arrangements may submit Other Payer Advanced APM … [Read more...]
Diagnostic medical imaging services company pays $3,000,000 to settle breach exposing over 300,000 patients’ protected health information
Touchstone Medical Imaging (“Touchstone”) has agreed to pay $3,000,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and to adopt a corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability … [Read more...]
HHS Announces Final Conscience Rule Protecting Health Care Entities and Individuals
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today the issuance of the final conscience rule that protects individuals and health care entities from discrimination on the basis of their exercise of conscience in HHS-funded programs. Just as … [Read more...]
PECOS for Physicians and NPPs — Revised
A revised The Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS) for Physicians and Non-Physician Practitioners (NPPs) Medicare Learning Network Booklet is available. Learn how to: Register in the system Obtain a National Provider Identifier Enter enrollment … [Read more...]
Does your physician office have an employee cell phone policy?
Most of my clients have a policy against excessive cell phone usage, including texting and being online via the cell phone. Some have a cell phone policy that the staff is to have their cell phones off at all times during clinic hours while in the clinic. Staff is free to use their cell phones … [Read more...]