This is an election year for America and the expectations of Congress passing legislations are high. But against the expectations, Congress is willing to pass a bill that addresses...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released their regulatory agenda recently, which applies to all pending regulatory actions. This included the Medicare Part B Drug Payment Model...
The Department of Labor (DOL) recently published a new rule for overtime payments in the country. The finalized rule increases the threshold for overtime payment eligibility, and expands the...
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently came up with an explanation about the charges an HIPAA Covered Entity includes in a patient’s medical bill for having access to...
Insurance providers in the United States recently filed their proposed health plan exchange rates for the next year to state and Federal regulators. Where most of the proposed bids...
In recent news, one of America’s largest health insurance company, Aetna has joined hands with Texas Heath Resources to form a new healthcare plan company. The announcement came a...
Even before Bernie Sanders became a part of the of the presidential race, Dr. Adam Gaffney and Dr. Marcia Angell assembled an independent group of 39 leading physicians to...
A new proposed rule issued in March 2016, aimed at creating a new Medicare payment methodology for part B drugs administered by physicians and other providers, is taking a...
An increasing number of healthcare industry collectives are writing to the ONC with recommendations regarding revisions to the notice of proposed rulemaking on the health IT certification program. The...
CMS this week held a second meeting of the committee, which was formed to assess payment models that can be used in Medicare’s new reimbursement for physicians. The takeaway...
Should you outsource your medical billing, and if so, which provider will give the best? If handed over, will they take care of the medical information of the patients?...
Health spending is often one of the areas where there are many generalizations made despite of the fact that it obscure numerous important details, such as who is spending...
It is reported that MIPS-based payment adjustments will not take effect until 2019, and it is hoped that any compensation that may be introduced would be based on the...
In the business of revenue cycle management, contracts often feel like an obstacle. Many clients prefer not to sign them, and it is also easier for you to forego...
The participants for the latest ACO model were announced recently by the Obama Administration. The data released says that there are about 477 ACOs currently operating across the recognized...
Following a strong start, enrollment in the QHPs sold at Health Insurance Exchanges set up under the ACA has fared vitally. As of December 2015, over 8.3 million people...
One of the main topics discussed during the December meeting of Medical Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) was about a proposal that would rule out certain sections of the existing...
December 2015 saw the judgment on a crucial case in the healthcare industry. The case was between a prominent insurance service and a healthcare provider, about the assignment of...
The US Senate passed a crucial bill on 18 December 2015, on the last legislative day of year. The bill titled ‘Fiscal Year 2016 Omnibus Appropriations’ is designed to...
The CMS recently put out a report on the main healthcare concern in the US, which happens to be aggregate annual spending. With the preceding five years of growth...