January 26, 2017
News & Insights

Q: OCR has said that the comprehensive HIPAA audits will occur in 2017. We received a pre-audit letter as a CE but were not audited as part of the CE round of phase two desk audits. What is included in the comprehensive audits, and is there a chance we will be audited?

January 23, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include additional guidance on the MOON form, an NCA for leadless pacemakers, delayed implementation of the (ESRD) Interim Final Rule – Third Party Payment, and more!

January 20, 2017
Case Management Monthly

The 2017 OIG Work Plan is out, and there are a few areas that may affect case management, particularly with regard to the 2-midnight rule, skilled nursing facilities, ambulance services, and home health agencies. Regardless of the changes in each year’s Work Plan, the document as a whole should remind case managers that they need to comply with the rules.

January 20, 2017
News & Insights

An insurer agreed to a multimillion dollar HIPAA settlement in the Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR) second HIPAA settlement of the year. The agency looks to be on track to continue last year’s trend of increased activity and high-profile multimillion dollar settlements.

January 19, 2017
News & Insights

Q. Should we include employees’ personal mobile devices in our risk analysis?

January 18, 2017
News & Insights

Q: We started providing allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplants on an outpatient basis for some of our patients. Until just recently, none of them were Medicare patients, but now we have some patients that meet the physician-established criteria for the transplant being done as an outpatient. How do we include this on the claim to ensure that the cost of all components of this service are reported?

January 18, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include the latest Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter, a proposed decision memorandum for hyperbaric oxygen therapy NCA, new interest rates for Medicare overpayments and underpayments for Q2 2017, and more!

January 13, 2017
News & Insights

An Illinois healthcare network is the first organization hit with a HIPAA settlement fine for violating the timely breach notification requirement, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced January 9.

January 12, 2017
News & Insights

Q. Are we required to report cybersecurity incidents to federal agencies other than the Office for Civil Rights, such as the Department of Homeland Security?

January 11, 2017
News & Insights

Q: We have one older radiology machine that still uses film. We are working on replacing it and don’t use it very much. Is there anything special that we need to do when reporting studies done on “old faithful”?

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