Joined at the HIPAA: HHS and OCR Get Serious with Phase 2
Holy HIPAA, Batman! The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced their “official” launch of Phase 2 of their program this spring, and no one is immune—not even me. I recently received my own pre-audit email. Since it’s only a matter of time before you will likely...
Joined at the HIPAA: HHS and OCR Get Serious with Phase 2
It’s no secret that when it comes to HIPAA compliance, chiropractors are vulnerable. You know it. I know it. Some doctors know it, or at least suspect it. And the Office of Inspector General (OIG), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office of...
Getting Whole Families Under Care Is Good for Their Bottom Line… and Your Providers’
Share this page: It’s summer and the odds are good that your member doctors are seeing a fall-off in business as their patients hit the links, dive into the pool, boat the lake, and head out of town on high-activity summer vacations. What’s a great way to offset this...
Why is the Discount Challenge prize amount $11,181? Because that is the average “per-occurrence” fine for Medicare inducements. That’s not $11,181 per patient, that’s not per provider, that’s PER VISIT. Stinks, doesn’t it? To us, the prize amount is worth the investment if we can help our profession better understand proper discounting.