When it comes to protecting patient Protected Health Information (PHI), healthcare providers must exercise due diligence, especially when outsourcing certain functions. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires that all providers, billing companies, and outsourced agencies use the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system or your Medicare Administrative Contractor’s (MAC) eServices tool to verify…
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On January 31, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized rules for the prescribing of buprenorphine through the use of telehealth (rules first proposed in December 2022). In these final rules, opioid treatment programs (OTPs) will be able to use telehealth to prescribe buprenorphine without an in-person visit. It is important to…
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the CY 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, which includes policy changes for the Quality Payment Program (QPP) for the 2024 Performance Year (PY) and beyond. LEARN MORE
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On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule, effective March 11, 2024, revising the Department’s guidance on how to analyze who is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This final rule rescinds the Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act rule (2021…
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The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule included a decrease in the conversion factor, which is used to calculate Medicare payments to doctors, which translated to a 3.37% pay decrease from 2023. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said the cut was necessary to offset increases in payment for other specific types of…
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