One way in and out of medical offices
See if patients can easily notice the check out area as staffers escort them back toward the exam rooms. A wide, two-way hall helps patients remember how to exit after... Read More >
Economic Stimulus Benefits for Businesses
To help businesses this includes medical practices , the Economic Stimulus Act of authorized a special depreciation allowance and an increased Section expense limit. To qualify for the depreciation allowance,... Read More >
HIPAA Q & A from HcPro
Q HHS guidelines require us to notify individuals of the availability of our Notice of Privacy Practices NPP and how they may obtain a copy at least once every three... Read More >
Product watch: DashboardMD
As I ve always said, you can t manage what you don t measure. For those of you that get in to the numbers, you might want to check out... Read More >
Product watch: physician practices
Tamper-Resistant Prescription Pads As another reminder, to be considered tamper-resistant on April , , a prescription pad must contain at least one of the following three characteristics One or more... Read More >
Increasing and managing patient flow is important
There s nothing more vexing than to lose control of the day s patient schedule. Successful scheduling requires a concentrated effort to identify problems, create solutions and monitor daily processes.... Read More >
Guidance on the use of Remote Electronic Devices for purposes of HIPAA Security
CMS has published guidance on the use of Remote Electronic Devices for purposes of HIPAA Security. Here is the link. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/SecurityStandard/Downloads/SecurityGuidanceforRemoteUseFinal122806.pdf Read More >
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 – 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 >
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