Medicare Compliance Review of Saint Luke's Hospital of Chesterfield for 2011 and 2012; Annual 2015-2016 season update for influenza vaccine payment allowances; and more!
Ready or not, Phase 2 of OCR's HIPAA audit program is nearly ready to begin, and healthcare organizations and their business associates (BA) should be prepared to open their books to federal regulators.
Phase 2 of OCR's HIPAA audit program is coming down the pipeline, and although privacy and security officers are typically tasked with all things HIPAA, there's a seat at the table for HIM when it comes to preparing for audits.
CMS has sharply accelerated its push toward moving outpatient payments from a fee-for-service model to a true prospective payment system with a number of its proposals in the 2016 OPPS proposed rule (https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2015-16577.pdf), including new comprehensive APCs (C-APC) and extensive APC consolidation and reconfiguration.
