Archive for January 2015
CMS to modify requirements for Meaningful Use
Bowing to pressure from physician groups, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced on Jan. 29 that it would amend its requirements for healthcare providers to meet meaningful use in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive programs. Among the most significant of these changes is to shorten the Meaningful Use…
Read MoreHHS: Medicare payments to be tied to quality, not quantity
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that future Medicare payments will be linked to quality and not quantity. This is the first time the federal agency has set specific goals designed to move away from plans that reward providers for the amount of care they provide instead of the quality…
Read MoreHealthcare providers must comply with Barrier-Free Initiative
On January 16, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it reached a settlement with Genesis Healthcare System in Ohio as part of its Barrier-Free Health Care Initiative. The healthcare system was alleged to have discriminated against a woman diagnosed with HIV after one of its primary care physicians refused to accept her as a…
Read MoreCompounding Pharmacies Face Increased Scrutiny
Earlier this month, federal authorities seized more than $18 million from the owners of the Massachusetts compounding pharmacy that was at the center of a meningitis outbreak in 2012 that killed 64 people across the country. It was just the latest in a string of federal government crackdowns on the now-shuttered New England Compounding Center…
Read MoreMake sure your practice is protected as CMS finalizes exclusion-for-debt rule
The finalization of a Medicare enrollment rule puts your practice in danger of disruption if you haven’t tightened up your personnel practices. Attorney Christopher Parrella talks to Medicare Part B News about the new CMS rule. Click here to read the full article.
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