CMS ACO Current Demonstrations
February 14, 2013
What initiatives is the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) currently exploring in terms of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO)?
5 Types of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
February 11, 2013
What is an Accountable Care Organization? What is the basis of an ACO? What are the requirements of an ACO? What types of ACOs exist?
Meaningful Use As Easy as 1,2,3
January 28, 2013
Meaningful use a program set forth by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services which governs the use of electronic health records. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act and the Affordable Care Act Section 1561 give authority to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to improve processes related to electronic health records by providing incentives for compliance.
4 Best Practices for Collecting Out-of-Pocket Patient Fees
January 21, 2013
What are the best practices for collecting out-of-pocket patient fees? Out-of-pocket fees account for 30 percent of a practice’s revenue.
Top Healthcare Compliance Issues for 2013
January 15, 2013
Have you ever participated in the “answers” portion of Linkedin? It is a wonderful, interactive forum in which you can pose questions, categorize your question, and receive fantastic answers very quickly. For example, we posed a question in regard to web conferencing hosting options.
What the Hill (Capitol Hill) – The Fiscal Cliff Scare
January 3, 2013
Fiscal Cliff
How do we make sure this doesn’t happen again?
Managed Care Organizations Sweeping the Nation: Top 10 MCOs
January 1, 2013
Currently states are making the transition to Managed Care, or allowing Managed Care Organizations to take the lead in providing healthcare to Medicaid.