4 things all healthcare providers should know about the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute: What the Federal Anti-Kickback Statutes prohibit? What are the penalties under the law? What type of programs does the law cover? What are safe-harbors? Watch the video to learn more about Federal Anti-Kickback Statute
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced last week that it will not enforce compliance until March 31. The compliance deadline for physicians to use the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) version 5010 electronic transactions remains Jan. 1. CMS granted this 90-day grace period because progress toward industry-wide compliance with the [...]
Healthcare practices are among the businesses required to comply with Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards that apply to any person or business that stores, processes or transmits data for payment cards that have the MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover or JCB logo on them. The PCI Data Security Standards are not a federal [...]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) previously announced that, beginning January 3, 2011, if certain Part B billed items and services require an ordering/referring provider and the ordering/referring provider is not in the claim, is not of a profession that is permitted to order/refer, or does not have an enrollment record in the [...]
Medical Board of California changed its continuing medical education (CME) reporting requirements in 2009. Physicians are now required to complete 50 CME hours during every 2-year licensure period, as opposed to the 100 hours previously required every 4 years. CME reporting deadlines are now based on the physician’s personal license renewal date (the last day of [...]
Effective June 27, 2010, a new regulation, mandated by Business and Professions Code section 138, will go into effect requiring physicians in California to inform their patients that they are licensed by the Medical Board of California, and include the board’s contact information. The information must read as follows. NOTICE TO CONSUMERS Medical doctors are [...]
Red Flags Rule will become effective June 1, 2010. Red Flags Rule requires certain businesses and organizations to spot and heed the red flags that often can be the telltale signs of identity theft. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has continuously asserted that the Red Flag Rules DO apply to physicians and related health care providers. [...]
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, known as the HITECH Act, was enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, signed by President Barack Obama on February 17 of last year. HITECH Act amends the federal HIPAA’s privacy and security rules. Effective February 2010, several of the provisions [...]
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