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How to Become a HIPAA Compliance Officer

Understand the Role of a HIPAA Compliance Officer A HIPAA Compliance Officer is responsible for ensuring an organization adheres to all HIPAA regulations regarding patient data privacy and security. Their duties typically include: Assessing and Managing Risk: Identifying vulnerabilities ... View More

What are the 16 Conditions of Participation for Hospitals?

What are 16 Conditions of Participation for Hospitals

CMS develops Conditions of Participation (CoPs) and Conditions for Coverage (CFCs) that healthcare organizations must meet to begin and continue participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. These health and safety standards are the foundation for improving quality and protecting the health a... View More

Compliance Best Practice Tips For 2024 MPFS Updates

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized policies to advance health equity by expanding assistance to family caregivers, access to behavioral care, and telehealth through the calendar year (CY) 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule, which health systems and provi... View More

Understanding CMS Restraint and Seclusion: Strategies for Healthcare Profes

Navigating CMS standards for restraint and seclusion is perhaps one of the most challenging areas for healthcare professionals within the complex landscape of healthcare compliance. The standards are very important to patient safety, ethical practice, and federal compliance. Still, they often prove ... View More

Best Practices for Medicare and Medicaid Managed Care Enrollments

Managed care programs for Medicare and Medicaid account for millions of Americans who get healthcare services delivered to them. These programs not only help deliver quality care for the beneficiaries but also ensure control over healthcare spending. The processes of enrollment under these programs ... View More

Top 5 Strategies for Educating Key Stakeholders on the 2024 MPFS Updates

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published its Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule on Nov. 1, 2024. The agency also establishes a new specialty measure set for optometry for the CY 2025 performance period and the 2027 MIPS payment year and subsequent years. In the 2023 MPFS fin... View More

Top 5 Strategies to Complete the Medicare and Medicaid Enrollment Forms Acc

The process of registering with Medicare and Medicaid Managed Care Enrollment is very lengthy and time-consuming. The number of new Medicare and Medicaid managed care enrollment applications continues to decline because of the significant complexities surrounding the requirements for application enr... View More

Emergency Preparedness: Organizing Hospitals for Seasonal Virus Outbreaks i

Outbreaks of infectious disease, disasters, and conflict have reminded the world of the reality that it is still prone to health emergencies with global consequences. Significant gaps still exist in the ability of many countries to address all hazards, health emergencies, and disaster risks. WHO has... View More

Be Aware of ICD-10-CM Code 2025 Guideline Changes

The updates to the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting are minimal for 2025. Most of the updates are necessary to maintain consistency in how things are referenced in the guidelines based on the addition of new codes. The International Classification of Diseases 10th revision clin... View More

What is the non-compete law in New York 2024?

What is the non-compete law in New York 2024? Non-compete agreements are legally binding agreements that some employers impose on their employees to restrict them from working for a competing company for some time after leaving the job. Given that Employees who signed non-competes are unlikely to... View More

Consumer Perceptions on Second Opinions and Concierge Health Services

Information asymmetries are so prevalent in markets for physician services that they can be said to characterize these markets.1 One particular asymmetry between physicians and patients is that for many health problems, patients cannot diagnose themselves. Instead, they have to rely on a physician t... View More

The Rise of Person-Centered Care in Healthcare

In the past, healthcare was often focused on treating diseases rather than people. Patients were viewed as passive recipients of care rather than active participants in their health. However, in recent years, there has been a shift towards a more patient-centered approach to healthcare. Patient-cent... View More