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Important Payment Adjustment Information for Medicare EHRS

Eligible professionals (EPs) participating in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program may be subject to payment adjustments beginning on January 1, 2015. CMS will determine the payment adjustment based on meaningful use...

Proxy Access to EHRS

A federal advisory panel is seeking feedback as it prepares to evaluate security and privacy policy recommendations for patient representatives authorized to view, download and transmit electronic health recordson...

Use of Insulin Pens

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently received reports of the use of insulin pens for more than one patient, with at least one 2011 episode resulting in the need for post-exposure patient...

Health Data Breach Tally Tops 800

More than 70 incidents have been added in the last month to the Department of Health and Human Services'wall of shame website listing health data breaches affecting 500 or more individuals far more than in any other...

How the "Telephone Communication Protection Act" Could Cost Your Practice

As of October 16, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission began enforcing the federal Telephone Communication Protection Act (TCPA). The purpose of the TCPA is to protect consumers from the nuisance of receiving...

Medicare EPs Must Attest by February 28 to Receive 2013 Incentive

If you are an eligible professional (EP), the last day you can register and attest to demonstrating meaningful use for the 2013 Medicare EHR Incentive Program is February 28, 2014. You must successfully attest by...

OIG Reports EHR Fraud Detection Inadequate

According to a report released this month by the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and many of its contractors need to adopt better...

Bad Weather Absences: What Should Your Pay Policy Be?

We had frigid, severe weather last week but our offices were able to remain open, although some employees could not make it to work either because schools were closed (causing childcare problems) or icy roads made...

Stolen Thumb Drive Leads to $150,000 HIPAA Penalty

Another federal investigation of a relatively smallbreachhas resulted in a financial penalty, this time for a physician group practice in Concord, Mass. On Dec. 26, the Department of Health and Human Services'...

Benefits of Double Gloving

Healthcare providers observed blood on their hands after surgery more frequently when they wore a single pair of gloves than when they wore two pairs of gloves and generally had a favorable opinion on double gloving,...