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Providers learn ignoring the Right of Access standard is a costly mistake. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced July 15 the resolution of 11 HIPAA Right of Access Initiative investigations. This makes 38 enforcement actions since the initiative began. The Right of Access Initiative was implemented in 2019 to help patients obtain their medical […]
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New documentation guidelines will change how you code and audit evaluation and management services. In response to an executive order, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma announced the Patients Over Paperwork initiative, which focuses on reducing administrative burdens placed on clinicians while improving care coordination, health outcomes, and patients’ ability to […]
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American Medical Association (AMA) announced Oct. 30 the Reimagining Residency initiative, a new program aimed at transforming residency training. The $ 15 million grant program will support innovative projects that promote systemic change in the current and future healthcare system. “During this unprecedented time of rapid growth and technological change in the U.S. health care system, […]
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Reduce patient questions about their Medicare plan and increase your practice’s star rating by educating them where to go for answers: eMedicare. As of 2016, about two-thirds of Medicare beneficiaries indicate they use the internet daily or almost daily. Lead those tech-savvy patients to MyMedicare.gov. Go Online The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) […]
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On Oct. 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its effort to relieve some of the administrative burdens of Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs) on physicians. While implementing new healthcare delivery system reforms stemmed from the Affordable Care Act and the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), CMS wants clinicians […]
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April 2016 marked another landmark to our ever changing healthcare environment. In an effort to advance the nation’s shift to a value-based payment methodology, CMS announced the launch of the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) initiative. The objective of this new program is to allow physicians to spend more time with patients and better coordinate […]
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