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8 Jan 2016, 5:47 am
Under the federal Affordable Care Act, physicians and other providers have only 60 days to refund overpayments to the Medicare program before they face potential liability under the False Claims Act. [read post]
30 Jun 2009, 9:09 am
On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), which, among other things, created financial incentives for physicians and other providers to adopt and utilize electronic health records (EHR) and penalties for those physicians who do not. [read post]
18 Jun 2012, 6:36 am
Even if you are not considering selling your medical practice now, there are good reasons to maintain it in a condition to be sold. [read post]
11 Dec 2018, 5:37 pm
Pennsylvania’s Patient Test Result Information Act, which is set to take effect December 23, 2018, requires diagnostic imaging services providers that identify a “significant abnormality” in their test results to directly notify the patient or his/her designee within 20 days of the completed test, its review and its delivery to the ordering health care practitioner. [read post]
27 Feb 2015, 4:16 pm
Many physicians are aware of the push by the Medicare program to move away from a fee for service physician payment model to one which recognizes higher quality and lower cost care. [read post]
26 Sep 2009, 6:19 am
It is apparent that preventive care will take on greater importance in the "reformed " health care system and while Medicare historically did not cover routine or preventive screening services, the list of preventive services now covered by Medicare has grown in recent years. [read post]
8 Nov 2010, 1:01 pm
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius addressed the New York Health Care Fraud Prevention Summit on November 5 in Brooklyn and updated attendees on the government’s efforts to rein in health care fraud. [read post]
1 Oct 2012, 2:39 pm
Many physicians were once content (and a few still are) to let their coders select their codes for billing purposes. [read post]
15 Apr 2008, 6:17 pm
Under a recent decision by the U.S. [read post]
14 May 2008, 8:51 pm
Canadian researchers may have solved the looming physician shortage crisis -- at least as it would apply to the administration of surgical anesthesia. [read post]
22 Jan 2014, 9:53 am
CMS announced this week that it is modifying its longstanding policy regarding the release of Medicare physician payment data in response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. [read post]
7 Feb 2017, 5:58 am
We recently issued a Health Law Alert on the Medicare Quality Payment Program, focusing specifically on what physicians and their medical practices need to know to be in compliance with the Program in 2017. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 8:03 am
We’ve known for a while now that the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors ("RAC") program would eventually start impacting physicians and other Part B providers. [read post]
30 Dec 2015, 6:58 am
This week, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued OIG Advisory Opinion No. 15-15 regarding a proposed arrangement in which a hospital would bill a radiology group for transcription of the radiology group’s reports for patients who are not hospital patients, but rather patients of a third-party clinic that provides radiology studies and refers to the radiology group. [read post]
25 Aug 2009, 11:07 am
With the rollout of the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audit program in full swing, physicians should be paying close attention to their medical record documentation efforts. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 11:03 am
A recent U.S. [read post]
22 Feb 2010, 11:22 am
In anticipation of a much publicized bipartisan meeting with representatives of Congress, President Obama released today a comprehensive health plan which seeks to combine the House and the Senate health care bills. [read post]
23 Dec 2011, 12:00 pm
In a last ditch effort to salvage their Holiday vacation plans, the U. [read post]
15 Jan 2018, 7:02 am
Earlier this month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a Memorandum rescinding the Obama Administration’s “hands off” policy with respect to the prosecution of licensed cannabis distribution in states where medical or recreational marijuana are legalized. [read post]
18 May 2018, 11:32 am
The transportation landscape in America has evolved and these developments are now impacting health care. [read post]
