News
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Docs Slow to Embrace E-tools
July 30, 2009Follow link below to read the article from our channel partner.
http://www.pbn.com/detail.html?sub_id=43772
Read More...FTC delays Red Flags Rule enforcement until Nov. 1
July 30, 2009The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has delayed the enforcement date of the Red Flags Rule until Nov. 1. This regulation requires creditors and financial institutions to develop identity theft prevention programs.
Last summer, the FTC announced that it would consider health care providers to be creditors when they accept insurance and bill patients after services are rendered for amounts that insurance does not pay, or if they regularly allow patients to set up payment plans after services have been rendered. It was originally scheduled to begin enforcing the requirement Nov. 1, 2008, but due to concerns expressed by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and others in the health care community, it extended the date to May 1 and then to Aug. 1.
The new effective date: November 1, 2009. According to the FTC announcement, "...the Federal Trade Commission staff will redouble its efforts to educate them (small businesses) about compliance with the "Red Flags" Rule and ease compliance by providing additional resources and guidance to clarify whether businesses are covered by the Rule and what they must do to comply."
Review of Place-of-Service Coding for Physician Services
July 24, 2009The Office of Inspector General is recommending that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recover an estimated $20.2 million from physcians.
Read More...Meaningful Use Update From CMS
July 10, 2009The Meaningful Use Workgroup of the HIT Policy Committee of the CMS released its initial recommendations for a definition of "meaningful use" of electronic health records. We have posted the preamble to the report and a simple matrix below. As always, please call or email us with any questions you or anyone in your organization may have.
Read More...Meaningful Use Update From CMS
July 10, 2009The Meaningful Use Workgroup of the HIT Policy Committee of the CMS released its initial recommendations for a definition of "meaningful use" of electronic health records. We have posted the preamble to the report and a simple matrix below. As always, please call or email us with any questions you or anyone in your organization may have.
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