Organizations that collect and share consumer health information must comply with the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) said in an email released October 21.
This week’s Medicare updates include Fiscal Year 2017 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long Term Care Hospital PPS Changes; Revisions to State Operations Manual for Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) and Swing-Beds in CAHs; and more!
Coder accuracy in ICD-10 may suffer if the focus is on productivity—and poor accuracy will hit hospitals’ revenue streams hard under value-based purchasing programs, experts at AHIMA’s 2016 convention agreed.
This week’s Medicare updates include CMS’ Quality Payment Program; updates to the interest rate for Medicare overpayments and underpayments; a new initiative to increase clinician engagement; and more!
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released much-needed cloud computing guidance for covered entities (CE), business associates (BA), and vendors on October 7.
This week’s Medicare updates include the release of the October 2016 Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter; OIG reports on Medicare payments for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests; Reform of Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities; and more!
A business associate (BA) who cuts off a covered entity’s (CE) access to its own protected health information (PHI) may violate HIPAA, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) said.The potential for a HIPAA violation hinges on the impermissible use of PHI.
This week’s Medicare updates include a transmittal recurring update notification describing changes to and billing instructions for various payment policies implemented in the October 2016 OPPS update; news about CMS once again allowing some providers to settle inpatient status claims in appeals; an OIG report regarding the improper payment of millions of dollars for unlawfully present beneficiaries; and more!
