by Mary Pat Whaley | Feb 17, 2013 | Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, Headlines, Medicare This Week
Mary Pat: Your business is called “Health Security Solutions.” People often confuse privacy with security. Can you clear up the confusion for us? Steve: The Privacy rules refer to the broad requirements to protect the confidentiality of Protected Health...
by Abraham Whaley | Feb 10, 2013 | Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, Finance, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
If you read my alert from August or the followup article on Audit Red Flags to Avoid, you are aware that CMS hired an accounting firm, Figliozzi & Company, to audit the compliance of eligible providers and eligible hospitals that had already received payment under...
by Abraham Whaley | Jan 8, 2013 | Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, Headlines
Too often in the rush to upgrade to the newest technology, one basic question that goes unanswered is: “Why are we doing this?” Because of the ARRA (or “stimulus”) money available to eligible providers, a lot of offices have started or...
by Abraham Whaley | Dec 11, 2012 | Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, General
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about passwords recently. Be honest – how many of your employees’ desks have login information on a Post-It note taped to them right now? In my experience, probably most. Passwords seem pretty mundane on their face,...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 19, 2012 | Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, Finance, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
This Week’s Medicare News for Medical Practice Managers Vice Chair Gingrey (R-GA) “Confident” of SGR Fix Passing in Lame Duck Congress Session (jump to story) CMS Releases Stage 2 Meaningful Use Specification Sheets with Details on Each Measure ...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 15, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, Finance, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
Changes in health-care policy, new regulations, financial incentives and penalties have a direct effect on all healthcare organizations. As we round the corner towards 2013, take a few minutes to create an agenda of Medicare Incentive Programs and a few management...
