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New Phase in Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Announced

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the bidding timeline for Round 2 Recompete and the national mail-order recompete of the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and...

Health IT Plan focuses on better sharing through interoperability

Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued the Federal IT Strategic Plan 2015-2020. The Strategic Plan is currently...

CMS announces rules that enhance Medicare provider oversight

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavennar recently announced new rules that strengthen oversight of Medicare providers. The new safeguards are designed to prevent physicians...

Data brief reveals top reasons for EHR adoption

A data brief released by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) revealed the top reasons for EHR adoption. The need to share patient information with other providers and the use of financial...

Medical Assistant Credentialing is Not Just a Stage 2 Requirement

After last week's post regarding the Credentialed Medical Assistant requirement under Meaningful Use, we were asked the following question: If we are not attesting to Stage 2 until next year, when should...

New and Improved Business Associate Agreement

Since the HIPAA Omnibus Rule came out last year, there has been much discussion about the relationship and responsibility of each party between covered entities and business associates. Due to this, we have recently...

Medical Assistant Credentialing Questions and Answers

In October, we announced our new Medical Assistant Credentialing module. This module is available for the purpose of helping medical assistants and other health care professionals who are not credentialed, to meet...

13 Tips, Tools and Topics to be Thankful for

For many of us in the United States, the holidays kick off this week with Thanksgiving. Each year on the fourth Thursday in November, we gather for a day of giving thanks, family, feasting, and football. Thanksgiving...

Question about Notice of Privacy Practices and Research Studies

Recently we were asked a question about Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) and notification requirements for a third party who may administer research studies. The following is our response to the question asked by a...

Audit Priorities and Risk Areas identified in the 2015 OIG Work Plan

On October 31, 2014 the United Stated Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its Fiscal Year 2015 Work Plan. The Work Plan is released annually to identify new and...