HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The passage of HIPAA resulted in multiple benefits for the health insurance industry, the healthcare industry, and the people that they serve. For example, the Administrative Requirements (Part 162) helped reduce insurance fraud and accelerated eligibility inquiries, authorization requests, and claims processing.

HIPAA 95

HIPAA Compliance Medicare Medicare 95

AIHC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Medicare changed reimbursement methodology in the 1980s by introducing Relative Value Units (RVUs) and the RBRVS (Resource-Based Relative Value System) for physician reimbursement. As the cost of providing care grew, payers started instituting methods to curb expenses and how claims were paid. healthcare system were exorbitant.

Medicare 59

Medicare Medicare Medicaid Medicaid 59

HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 12, 2024

The addition of standards to account for the passage of the GINA Act 2008. The addition of standards to account for the passage of the GINA Act 2008. The adoption of a four-tired civil monetary penalty structure for violations of HIPAA. The finalization of the Breach Notification Rule and the revised “harm” threshold.

HIPAA 78

HIPAA Compliance Health Insurance Medicaid 78

AIHC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Medicare changed reimbursement methodology in the 1980s by introducing Relative Value Units (RVUs) and the RBRVS (Resource-Based Relative Value System) for physician reimbursement. As the cost of providing care grew, payers started instituting methods to curb expenses and how claims were paid. healthcare system were exorbitant.

Medicare 52

Medicare Medicare Medicaid Medicaid 52

Health Populi

MARCH 11, 2021

[Note: I may be biased as a University of Michigan graduate of both the School of Public Health and Rackham School of Graduate Studies in Economics]. health care, patient assistance programs, Medicare Advantage plans, and the bundling of proven high-value preventive services into the Affordable Care Act.

Health Insurance 98

Health Insurance ACA Medicare Medicare 98

Verisys

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Passed last December, the Act requires group health plans and health insurance issuers to improve the verification and refresh process of their provider directory systems. Donald Potts has helped healthcare customers define business problems and design innovative solutions since he started at Optum in 2008.

Compliance 52

Compliance Regulatory Compliance Healthcare information Technology Health Insurance 52

Health Populi

JUNE 13, 2018

. “Employer health spending has grown from 6 percent of total wages in 1988 to more than 12 percent in 2018,” driven by healthcare prices growing faster than the general economy, and the adoption of new technologies, procedures, and increasingly expensive new prescription drugs, PwC observes. economy by 2026.

Medicaid 63

Medicaid Medicaid Health Insurance Medicare 63