Medisys Compliance

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

While billing often occurs after the fact, capturing patient payments at the time of service (TOS) offers significant advantages. Online tools and clear communication help them budget and prepare for payment. Offer convenient payment methods like cash, credit/debit cards, and online portals.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 12, 2023

d’Artagnan Osborne, GM of Payment Solutions at Kareo, a Tebra Company. Patient payment tools are an example of a technology solution that has been around for years but has not been widely adopted. Benefits of Adopting Technology to Accept Patient Payments. Speed up patient time to payment. Save staff time.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 9, 2024

Factors such as decentralized clinical trials, inflation and site attrition contribute to inconsistencies and financial confusion, especially with outdated payment solutions. To address these persistent challenges, sponsors can leverage modern clinical trial payment solutions. Jim DiCesare, Sr.

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Compliance Now

MARCH 2, 2022

If the two parties cannot agree on payment details within 30 days of billing, either may start the IDR process. . The Act refers to this median as the qualified payment amount (QPA), and generally requires IDR entities to select the payment offer closest to the QPA unless compelling evidence is presented as to why that should not be the case.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 26, 2022

Each month, members of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) review the peer-reviewed medical literature to identify interesting empirical studies, policy analyses, and editorials on health law and policy issues relevant to current or potential future work in the Division. Industry Payments to Physicians are Kickbacks.

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Medisys Compliance

APRIL 23, 2024

These tools can automate tasks like coding, claim submission, and payment posting, freeing up your staff for more strategic duties. Offer Multiple Payment Options: Make it easy for patients to settle their bills by offering convenient payment options like online portals, credit card payments, and flexible payment plans.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

Amend certain requirements related to the open negotiation period preceding the Federal IDR process, the initiation of the Federal IDR process, the Federal IDR dispute eligibility review, and the payment and collection of administrative fees and certified IDR entity fees. Require plans and issuers to register in the Federal IDR portal.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 8, 2023

On May 11, 2022, PVOC learned that Alta’s online patient portal was vulnerable to unauthorized access to payment receipts until October 26, 2021. The information potentially compromised as a result of the malware incident included names, addresses, Social Security Numbers, payment card information, and medical records.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 5, 2023

However, when it comes to the patient payment experience, inevitably some patients respond differently than expected. After clarifying responsibility with patients, it becomes easier to facilitate payment and gain a card-on-file prior to the patient leaving the office. EXPECTATION: Older patients prefer traditional payment methods.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 4, 2023

PayZen’s award winning, data-driven, personalized payment plans, ease the financial burden for patients post-care. Patients will be able to use the Care Card at all of their provider’s portals, check-out flow, or POS systems just like a normal debit card.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

However, capitalizing on increased activity demands that leaders streamline their operations—including around patient financial engagement and payment—so they can make the investments needed to set themselves apart from the competition. Here are four tactics to consider.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

" Rodriguez and his co-panelist, Brigham and Women's Hospital General Internal Medicine Division Chief Dr. David Bates, outlined five main facets to address when considering digital health equity: tech access, tech literacy, implementation, payment and standard of care. Payment, too, will be a major driver of digital health equity.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Sharp HealthCare stressed that the FollowMyHealth patient portal was not accessed, and no highly sensitive information was exposed or stolen. During that time the third party downloaded a file that contained patient data. Notification letters were sent to the 62,777 affected individuals on February 3, 2023.

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Medical Billing HIPAA Health Insurance 91

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 27, 2024

Aakarsh Sethi, Senior Product Manager at Infinx , lists the forms of “fragmentation” in payments: not just many different payers, but different plans with different coverage at each payer, along with pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and other third party managers, and rules that are constantly changing. health care providers.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Patients access the platform via a web link, patient portal, and/or mobile app to see what slots are available for their preferred physician – or the most relevant physician – and self-book appointments. The booking platform automatically adds each self-booked appointment to physicians’ schedules.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 30, 2023

The plaintiff alleged that his billing statements had been impermissibly disclosed to other patients via mail and online portals and those statements contained information about medical treatments at KSB Hospital that were very sensitive in nature. Claims for the cash payment must be submitted no later than March 22, 2023.

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Healthcare Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2022

Providers who received one or more payments exceeding $10,000 from the PRF are required to comply with certain reporting requirements. The process is currently open to providers who received $10,000 in Payment Received Period 1 (April 10, 2020 to June 30, 2020). However, supporting documentation will not be required.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

At a time when many consumers say they pay medical bills faster when they receive payment requests digitally—especially when these requests come by text (49%, according to a recent U.S. Bank survey )—leading specialty groups are exploring mobile payment strategies with an AI component. The appeal of mobile goes beyond payment.

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Medisys Compliance

JANUARY 19, 2024

Flexible payment options: Offer diverse payment methods for improved cash flow and patient satisfaction. Patient portals: Empower patients to access their bills, statements, and payment history online. Stay Ahead of the Curve Regularly research and implement new billing codes and guidelines.

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Medical Billing Outsourcing Medical Billing Patient Satisfaction Compliance 64

HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 1, 2022

Jane Doe was a patient of UCSF Medical Center and Dignity Health Medical Foundation and claims her sensitive health was unlawfully obtained by Meta when she entered the information into the UCSF Medical Center online patient portal. UCSF Medical Center had added Meta Pixel code to the web pages of the patient portal.

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Hospitals HIPAA Fraud 133

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Here are ways to ease the burden of the billing and payment process – for both patients and practices. Adopt digital statements and payments. According to a recent report, 57 percent of patients see fast and easy digital payments as an important part of their healthcare experience. Offer payment plans.

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Medical Billing 85

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 8, 2023

What You Should Know: InComm Payments announced it has acquired Zenda , an AI-powered HSA and FSA solution. Through Zenda’s native mobile apps or web portal, account holders can access automatically generated receipts as well as guidance on making contributions and withdrawals.

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Bill of Health

JULY 15, 2022

Each month, members of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) review the peer-reviewed medical literature to identify interesting empirical studies, policy analyses, and editorials on health law and policy issues. Industry Relationships With Medical Oncologists: Who Are the High-Payment Physicians? Kesselheim.

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Public Health Medicare Medicare Governance 205

HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 10, 2023

As an online retailer, Captify Health collects customer information and processes debit/credit card payments through the website. That information included full names, addresses, birth dates, payment card numbers, expiration dates, and security codes.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 6, 2022

LumaPay complements other self-pay options a healthcare organization may already be offering, including payment through the patient portal, by providing another convenient way to pay to meet patients’ different needs and preferences.

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Payment Systems 52

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 6, 2022

Digital wallets are a payment option that continues to gain traction among consumers due to their simplicity and ease. Digital wallets can be used by consumers at payment terminals at in-person locations, or via apps and websites. The most common payment type examples include Apple Pay, Google Pay, Venmo and Cash App.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Solve.Care , the healthcare blockchain platform company, recently announced the launch of Care.Labs Wallet, which allows users to access the revolutionary Care.Labs portal. The company’s native digital token, SOLVE is utilized as gas, fees and payments for this purpose on the Solve.Care Platform. . In these networks, Web3.0

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a TLP:WHITE Private Industry Notification warning about ongoing cybercriminal campaigns targeting healthcare payment processors that attempt to redirect victim payments to accounts under the control of the attackers. million redirected to the attacker’s account.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 25, 2023

One of the most powerful tools in a behavioral health practice’s arsenal is a user-friendly, highly functional patient portal. These portals are often clients’ main point of connection to a practice outside of appointments. For the best experience, a patient portal should work on a desktop, on mobile, and via an app.

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Health Law RX

MARCH 21, 2023

This created a domino effect, leading to the Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (the Departments) to inform certified independent dispute resolution (IDR) entities to halt, and then semi-halt, and then re-start payment determinations.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 21, 2022

Historically, it was through a patient portal. And yeah, with a patient portal I can look at my data. Then to the extent we rethink the payment system, that'll be an absolute flood. Bulk FHIR is under HIPAA's treatment payment operations. It's not just apps. I think these things fit together.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 26, 2023

Read more… The Importance of Patient Portal Usability. Patients will often only use the patient portal to complete one specific task and never use it again. If you want your patients to regularly use the patient portal it is vital to make it easy to use and clearly communicate its uses to the patient.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 21, 2021

What You Should Know: – AccessOne acquires one-touch mobile payment platform CueSquared. The acquisition adds mobile billing and payment product to existing patient financing offerings, extending AccessOne solution portfolio to address the overall patient financial experience. Mobile Payments Made Easy.

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2023

Their personal preferences for digital front doors are first, phones, followed by portals, in-person mode, email, text, and finally snail mail. So how do folks feel about progress for digital front doors in health care? Check out the second chart of patients’ and providers’ pain points.

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Medical Billing Health Insurance Medicare Medicare 62

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

. – The navigation technology can be envisioned as a “digital front door” to a holistic customer experience and will initially be integrated into a new My Highmark health insurance member portal and mobile application. How It Works. million members.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The pathologist cannot send that patient a “balance bill” – it’s up to the payor and the provider to work out any payment dispute. On September 30, 2021 the second Interim Final Rule implementing the NSA established an independent dispute resolution (IDR) process to help providers and payors agree on out-of-network payments in dispute.

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Health Law RX

MARCH 8, 2022

Specifically, the court invalidated the portion of the IDR process that hampered OON Providers’ efforts to negotiate payment rates by essentially creating a rebuttable presumption in favor of a Plan’s median contracted rate for the service, known as the qualifying payment amount (QPA). Opening the IDR Portal for submissions.

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