Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced historic updates to the the Stark Law, also known as the Physician Self-Referral Law. CMS acknowledged that federal regulations related to physician self-referrals have become outdated as the United States’ healthcare...
Attribution of patient care for advanced practice professionals (APP) has the same implications as it does for physicians in regard to monitoring quality data and billing. Most APPs are allowed to bill independently for their services; therefore, they must be able to appropriately track the care...
Although ransomware is not a new phenomenon, a recent increase in reported attacks, along with several well-publicized cases, have raised the public's awareness of the threat it poses. Ransomware can be incredibly damaging because it is designed to infect a system, find and encrypt the system's...
Physician practices remain "under threat" from severe financial strain from the coronavirus pandemic, a recent American Medical Association (AMA) survey shows.
Drops in patient volume and increases in costs for infection control such as personal protective equipment (PPE) have hit...
Capt. Dione Harjo, MPH, CPCS, area credentialing officer at Oklahoma City Area Indian Health Service took time last week to celebrate her team of MSPs. Her team has always been remote, so MSP week is particularly special, as it is often the time when they reunite in person for "planning,...
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The medical staff services team at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Maryland, took a few minutes to pose for a selfie during MSP Awareness Week. The team also is celebrating with a special event every day, including: a lunch outing, breakfast delivered to the department, an ice cream social...
Since the inception of a federal transparency program called Open Payments, fewer physicians have accepted payments from drug and medical device companies and group purchasing organizations, finds a study published today in...
According to a recent report from the American Academy of PAs (AAPA), nearly two in three PAs (64%) reported using telemedicine in their practice in the month of June. This is a marked increase from the approximately one in 10 that reported using telemedicine in February. Of those who reported...
Prospective review is the process whereby the evaluated physician describes to the physician reviewer a care plan for a particular patient. This approach enables the reviewer to concur or disagree with the proposed treatment before the observed physician begins it.
