Starting on October 6, the definition of electronic health information (EHI) will include “the entire scope of the EHI definition [i.e., ePHI that is or would be in a Designated Record Set (DRS)].”
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released a data brief on billing risks associated with Medicare telehealth services during first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This week’s Medicare updates include a fact sheet on changes to Medicare policies due to the Inflation Reduction Act, an updated list of lab tests subject to exception from the lab date of service policy, a request for information, and more!
In recent years, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) has taken aim at case managers and discharge planners who violated federal anti-kickback statutes—specifically those who took items or payments in exchange for post-acute referrals.
Medicare beneficiaries who took part in telemedicine visits during the pandemic were more likely to stick with medication therapies to treat their opioid use disorder (OUD) and less likely to experience a drug overdose, according to a JAMA Psychiatry study.
The 21st Century Cures Act fundamentally changes how patients can interact with their health information — and October 6 is a significant milestone for these changes.
