MedTrainer

JANUARY 12, 2024

At its core, healthcare compliance ensures the quality of care, patient safety, and integrity of healthcare systems. Over the years, healthcare compliance has evolved significantly, driven by changing regulations, advances in technology, and a growing emphasis on patient-centric care. What is Healthcare Compliance?

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YouCompli

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Raising prices on your hospital’s chargemaster can also raise your level of compliance grief. Price increases can sometimes result in inappropriate outlier payments. Most federal healthcare payors such as Medicare and Medicaid reimburse most providers on a prospective basis. If they were not, the hospital must return the funds.

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Hall Render

MARCH 20, 2024

The Final Rule also imposes additional reporting requirements under the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals and for eligible clinicians reporting under the Promoting Interoperability performance category of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System.

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Hall Render

MARCH 1, 2023

Following this reporting, impacted providers and teaching hospitals will have until May 15, 2023, to review reported payments and investments and to dispute any incorrect reports. During the Dispute Period, Covered Recipients may use CMS’ Open Payments system to formally dispute any information they believe is incorrect.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

On December 13, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a proposed rule, titled Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes (“Proposed Rule”), to improve patient and provider access to health information and streamline processes related to prior authorizations for medical items and services.

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Hall Render

MAY 2, 2023

CMS expects all providers to be in compliance with the requirements for PASARR with all admissions taking place after May 11, 2023. Hall Render blog posts and articles are intended for informational purposes only. The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-884. The CMS Memo confirmed that this waiver will end at the end of the PHE.

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Health Care Law Brief

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rules for the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS Final Rule) and 2022 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System (OPPS Final Rule). at 1396b(s).

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