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What is a CMP and how does it apply to the LEIE?

In our Cover Your Attestation article series, we discussed how FDRs (first-tier, downstream, and related entities) must check the List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE) before credentialing, hiring, or...

The latest ICD-10 Rumblings

There are just over 6 months to go until the October 1, 2015 deadline for ICD-10 implementation. While this deadline is getting closer, the rumblings about ICD-10 readiness issues and yet another possible ICD-10...

HIPAA Plus Webinar

Learn how easily you can implement our HIPAA Plus services for your practice. Thursday, March 26th, 2015 10:00am Pacific Time, 1:00pm Eastern Standard Time To join the webinar: Go to:https://join.me/HCP-Support On a...

Corporate Plus Webinar

Learn how easily you can implement our Corporate Plus services for your practice. Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 10:00am Pacific Time, 1:00pm Eastern Standard Time Join the meeting: https://join.me/HCP-Support On a...

Website Update: OSHA PPE being replaced by OSHA Hazard Risk Assessment

The OSHA PPE tool will no longer be available on our website after April 1, 2015. If you have used the OSHA PPE tool in the past, you may want to move your information over to the new OSHA Hazard Risk Assessment...

Our OIG Exclusion List Service has been officially launched

In our Exclusion Lists: Part 2 article, we mentioned Medicare Advantage plan sponsors are required to ensure that all FDRs are screening all employees/vendors/subcontractors against the DHHS OIG List of Excluded...

Are you prepared for a Meaningful Use Audit?

CMS and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) have taken steps to audit how providers are meeting meaningful use requirements. Approximately 5 to 10 percent of all meaningful use participants are being audited;...

Two Important OSHA Reminders

As of January 1, 2015 employers covered by federal OSHA law and regulations are now required to report work-related fatalities within 8 hours and work-related in-patient hospitalizations, amputations and losses of an...

Cover Your Attestation Part 3: Monitoring, Reporting and Record Retention

In this concluding part of our Cover Your Attestation article series, we will discuss Medicare's requirements for plan sponsors to monitor its first tier, downstream and related entities; report detected...

Security Risk Analysis is important for HIPAA and Meaningful Use

Conducting and reviewing a security risk analysis (SRA) is perhaps one of the most important HIPAA and Meaningful Use requirements your organization will undertake. A SRA is an ongoing process of continual...