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...]
Mergers: Pause and Question
Good post by good friend and colleague, Mark Weiss at the Advisory Law Group: Strength in numbers. Or is there? Medical groups seeking alternatives to the sale of their practice to a hospital often consider merging with another group. There’s nothing wrong with the notion of a merger. Often, … [Read more...]
Laurel-Based Physicians Group and Neurologist Agree to Pay Almost One Million Dollars to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Jefferson Medical Associates, a now dissolved, multi-specialty medical practice group in Laurel, and Dr. Aremmia Tanious, have agreed to pay the United States $817,635.06 to resolve claims under the False Claims Act arising from Medicare overpayments to Jefferson Medical Associates and Dr. Tanious, … [Read more...]
New 2018 MIPS Data Submission Videos Now Available
CMS has a posted a series of videos to the QPP Resource Library to help clinicians understand how to manage and submit their 2018 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) data through the QPP website between now and April 2, 2019. There are 10 brief videos that cover the following topics: … [Read more...]
The MIPS 2018 Data Submission Period is Now Open
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has officially opened the data submission period for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians who participated in Year 2 (2018) of the Quality Payment Program. With the exceptions noted in the paragraph below, data can be … [Read more...]
HIPPA Security Risk Assessment Tool has been updated
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) recognizes that conducting a risk assessment can be a challenging task. That’s why ONC, in collaboration with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), developed a downloadable Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool to help … [Read more...]