If you’re in the healthcare industry – you’ve heard about MACRA. The Medicare Access and CHIP Authorization Act, Medicare’s two-track payment...
Compliance Articles
Understanding the Vaccines for Children Program
Please refer to our accompanying article Vaccine Administration Counseling for more information on vaccine coding and documentation. The Vaccines...
How Incident Response Plans Can Save Your Bottom Line
In June Advize Health’s very own Joshua McElroy participated in a panel hosted at WellCare in Tampa, FL. Joshua was in the company of three other...
Healthcare’s Data Vulnerability Problem
A study conducted by three universities has revealed a fatal flaw in the healthcare industry’s cyber security operations – lack of cohesion...
Cybersecurity: Are You Helping the Hackers?
Last year, Houston-based software and security company Netiq released a Cyberthreat Defense Report that published alarming statistics on the...
Clinical Labs Under Heavy Scrutiny After Cigna Lawsuit
A tidal wave of fraud has been approaching our shores for quite some time, and it’s finally broken land. The scheme, gaining popularity in...
The Consequences of HIPAA Violations
The below tiered civil penalty structure was established from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The Secretary of HHS still has...
2016 Update: OIG/OCR Audit Process
OCR’s Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Audit Program: Although the ever-expanding use of health information technology in health care...
The Hopeful Future of Sharing Behavioral Health Data
The Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO) is launching a pilot program to improve patient information exchange between...
Advize Health Meaningful Use and Security Risk Analysis Webinar Recap
On March 10, Advize Health held our fifth monthly webinar on Meaningful Use and Security Risk Analysis. For this webinar, Advize Health’s auditor...
ER Upcoding Rules & Regulations To Be Aware Of
Does documentation of more than 50% of time spent counseling or coordinating care suffice for time documentation, and therefore E/M code level...
Compliance Corner – October
If a patient is deceased, may a covered entity disclose to a family member who was involved in the patient's care or payment for healthcare prior...
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