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…
“The Night Before Christmas”
-In the spirit of the holiday season, I would like to share an ICD-10 coding gift that I enjoyed. “The Night Before Christmas” ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all…