Have you reviewed the focus areas in the 2014 OIG Workplan?

As part of the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team’s success, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force teams will continue to report potential fraud to the OIG. Payment suspensions…

Use the Safer Guides to Assess Your EHR Safety

The Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience (SAFER) Guides developed by the The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology are a great tool to assess the safety…

What Is the OIG List Of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE)?

According to the OIG’s “Roadmap for New Physicians: Avoiding Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse”, the OIG is legally required to exclude individuals and entities from all Federal healthcare programs…

Does The Sunshine Act Apply To You?

Are you a licensed physician in the US? If the answer is yes and you are not a medical resident then The Physician Payments Sunshine Act applies to you. Beginning…

Upcoming OSHA Training Deadline

Training your staff on the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System must be completed by December 1, 2013. In March 2012, OSHA revised the Hazard Communication Standard to align with the…

What is the timeline for your practice?

Running a practice requires adherence to a complicated timeline. Below is a summary of important dates to add to your calendar. 2013 eRx PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT of -1.5% for Eligible Professionals…

Who are your Business Associates?

Most practices are aware that the HIPAA Omnibus Rule requires them to take necessary steps to prepare for the enforcement date of September 23. They realize the importance of having…

HIPAA Final Rule

The HIPAA Final Rule enforcement date is September 23, 2013. Is your Notice of Privacy Practices ready? The HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule was announced on January 17, 2013 and became…

ICD-10 – Preparation for Your Practice

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) delayed the original compliance date of October 1, 2013 until October 1, 2014, to allow the continued preparation necessary to be ready…

HIPAA Compliance or Else

The U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (OCR), enforces HIPAA and HITECH security regulations. Below are three examples of incidents and fines reported to Congress…

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Neil S. Kalin, MDKalin Eye Associates, Newark, DE
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Healthcare Management System
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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.
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.
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.
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.

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