Regulation Updates
The latest regulatory updates and compliance guidance.
Ensuring ADA Compliance and Accessibility for All Patients in Your Practice
In today's healthcare landscape, ensuring compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is crucial to providing inclusive and accessible services for all patients. Individuals with disabilities continue to lack equal access to routine preventative medical...
Navigating Increased Audits in the Behavioral Health Industry Post-COVID
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the behavioral health industry finds itself under an intensified magnifying glass, with notable increased interest and activity from the Private Equity community and consolidation in the behavioral health space, it’s no...
Increasing Government Oversight Continues for Risk Adjustment (HCC) Coding Compliance
Risk Adjustment (HCC) coding compliance is quickly becoming the forefront of primary care across the nation as value-based care models continue to be implemented within the healthcare industry. With the added administrative burden placed upon providers and...
Will 2023 Finally Usher in the New HIPAA Regulations
Back on December 10, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) with proposed changes to the Privacy Rule. The proposed modifications support individuals’ engagement in their...
Too Much of a Good Thing?
Let’s face it, running a healthcare business without some type of third-party assistance is difficult. Lawyers, accountants, IT providers, billing services all help to make the day-to-day operations of medical practices possible. But those services and others pose a...
Coding Changes – 2023 Here We Come!
The most recent significant changes to the E&M coding guidelines occurred in 2021 allowing physicians to choose between medical decision-making and time-based reporting for their services. Now, it appears we are in store for additional changes to begin January...
Telehealth
Telehealth is the remote or virtual delivery of healthcare services. CMS defines telehealth as a two-way, real-time interactive communication between a patient and a physician or practitioner at a distant site through telecommunications equipment that includes, at a...
Coding audits 101: How physicians can prepare
You’ve received a request for medical records from a payer, who is going to conduct an audit on your claims. Your Electronic Health Record (EHR) system is excellent, the notes are voluminous, your providers are well-versed at coding. If anything, you under code! You...
Biden-Harris Administration Vaccine Announcement
To increase protection for both healthcare staff and patients against COVID-19 and the Delta variant, the Biden-Harris Administration has announced that staff working in all Medicare- and Medicaid-certified facilities are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. A...
HHS Proposes Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Empower Patients, Improve Coordinated Care, and Reduce Regulatory Burdens
OCR Announces Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Use of Online or Web-Based Scheduling Applications for the Scheduling of COVID-19 Vaccination Appointments
Extension of the Public Comment Period for Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule
US Department of Labor issues stronger workplace guidance on coronavirus
US Department of Labor’s OSHA issues proposed rule to update hazard communication standard