Healthcare Associations Request HHS To End Stage 3 Of Meaningful Use
America’s Essential Hospitals, College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), and fourteen other healthcare associations in the country recently requested the newly appointed secretary of HHS, Tom Price, to indefinitely delay the implementation of Merit-Based Incentive Payment System‘s Advancing Care Information (ACI) section and Stage 3 of the Meaningful Use EHR incentive program. In addition…
Federal Court To Keep The ACA Claims Of The Carrier Alive
Recently, a judge at the US Court of Federal Claims declined immediate help to a Lake Oswego, Oregon-based health insurer seeking more than twenty one million dollars in payments from a troubled ACA program. However, the judge thinks that she can rule on if the Affordable Care Act program owes the insurer money. The judge,…
5 Benefits Of Outsourcing Billing Services
It can be a bit difficult for a medical billing company to decide whether it is the right choice to outsource some of the medical billing processes. However, medical billing companies from all over the country adopt this practice because of the numerous benefits it offers. Outsourcing billing services undoubtedly helps in the revenue cycle…
CMS Needs To Resolve Vulnerabilities For The Success Of Quality Payment Program
Recent reports show considerable progress towards the implementation of the latest Quality Payment Program by CMS. This program is actually introduced to reward the providers for the value-based care they are offering to customers. However, reports claim that the CMS should address and resolve a few existing vulnerabilities for the success of this program. An…
The 21st Century Cures Act Passed By Congress
Congress has been working in a bi-partisan way from 2015. They were working on an important medical innovation bill and the bill is intended to increase funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) while streamlining and reforming the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval process for the new devices and drugs. This bill is…
The OIG Advises CMS To Improve The Provider Education
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) is determined to inspect or analyze the Medicare Part B payments for the chiropractic services. In a recent report, which was released on October 19, the OIG found out that approximately 82 percent of all the Medicare Part B payments were made inappropriately.…
ACA Open Enrollment Advances Even Though Past Challenges Remain
Customers started to shop for health insurance on federal and state exchanges that were formed under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on November 1 for the insurance coverage that begin in 2017. As per the estimates of the Obama Administration, 1.1 million new people will enroll in a plan this year, and the total enrollment…
