Protecting Your Practice is Smart Business

Doctors playing defense The government cites defensive medicine as a factor in the escalation of health care costs. However, a recent study indicates that 73% of physicians engage in some…

Billing for “Incident-to” Services: Preparing for OIG Review

First Healthcare Compliance’s Janice Jones discusses Billing for Incident-to Services: Preparing for OIG Review as part of the preparation Affordable Care Act. Watch a video of the webinar.

Is Texting Patient Information Part of Your Practice?

Texting has become a routine means of communication for most mobile phone users, including physicians. Approximately three-quarters of clinicians use texting to exchange work information with other clinicians (see…

Register For Medicare EHR Incentive by Feb 28th

REGISTER FOR MEDICARE EHR INCENTIVE PROGRAM BY FEBRUARY 28, 2013 Protection of patient privacy and security of patient e-PHi is a requirement of Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Programs.…

Long Overdue Final Rule on Sunshine Act Announced

The physician payment sunshine provisions of the Affordable Care Act have been issued with the intent of reducing potential conflicts of interest. The relationships of physicians and manufacturers are under…

HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule and Your Practice

The new HIPAA rule brings a few significant changes for covered entities. It is important to remember that doctors, clinics, psychologists, dentists, and chiropractors that transmit any information in an…

Compliance Check Up for Physicians

Summary and comments on recent article from www.physicianspractice.com. With the Affordable Care Act you are now required to implement a formal compliance program. If you want to participate in Medicare/Medicaid,…

Achieve Peace of Mind – 1st Healthcare Compliance

First Healthcare Compliance provides products and services specifically designed to help physicians achieve a compliance program as required under the Affordable Care Act. Let us help you protect your practice…

ICD-10 Implementation FAQs

ICD-10 Implementation FAQs 1. What is ICD-10? 2. When will ICD-10 be implemented? 3. Why is the United States transitioning to ICD-10? 4. Is there a grace period to submit…

Incident-to and the OIG Work Plan for 2013

The OIG Work Plan for 2013 includes a review which will attempt to determine whether payments for “Incident-to” services had a higher error rate than non-incident to services. Physicians who…

Testimonials

Anne Elkin, EsquirePractice Manager, Boothwyn Medical Associates
The solution has been a great help to our practice. We can now organize all our compliance data in one place.
Mary Ann Tyler, Practice AdministratorSinclair Retina Associates, PC, Media, PA
Compliance in all areas always seemed to take a back seat to day to day operations. First Healthcare Compliance has developed a solution that easily brings any size office into compliance. It gives me peace of mind.
Kris Jones-Bartley, CPCPresident,
Healthcare Management System
The First Healthcare Compliance solution allows our business and our clients to save time and money, and mitigate compliance risks. I highly recommend it to other healthcare billing companies.
Paul Smiley, NHAAdministrator, Gilpin Hall
The First Healthcare Compliance solution offers a simple and effective centralized system to access and assemble our compliance data with minimal effort and maximum return. I highly recommend it!
Dr. Marc D. Grobman, DO FACPInternal Medicine & Primary Care, Wilmington, DE
Using this solution, I am confident that I am meeting the guidelines or that I can seek help for areas in which I cannot perform the requirements on my own.
Robert Henry, PA-C, CEOAmbient Care, Seaford, DE
In an era of ever changing regulations, First Healthcare Compliance has given us the tools to seamlessly and efficiently stay on top of our compliance requirements. This allows us more time to focus on patient care and other aspects of practice management.
Neil S. Kalin, MDKalin Eye Associates, Newark, DE
I’d been searching for a compliance plan for many years. The First Healthcare Compliance solution is cost-effective and efficient. All of the compliance materials are in one place.
R.K. Conell, Practice ManagerAlexiou Hearing and Sinus Center, PLC and Harrisonburg Dermatology, PLC, Harrisonburg, VA
The First Healthcare Compliance solution has everything you need to get started. It helps a practice become compliant on a very timely basis. Without this, it would have been a very extensive and intensive process.

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