Tag Archive: Healthcare Laws and Regulations

PREPARE FOR 2022’S MAJOR HEALTHCARE REGULATORY CHANGES – GREENWAY PRIME SUITE

Are you ready for the new regulations coming into effect by the end of this year? Your patients are! Get up to speed and prepare your practice for new rules and updated rules from the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) and Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

 

Agenda:

  • 21st Century Cures Act (guest speaker)
    • Final rule
    • Interoperability
    • Information blocking
    • Software readiness
  • MACRA 2022
    • Minimum reporting requirements
    • Exemptions
  • No Surprises Act
  • Q&A

June 1, 2022 | By |

PREPARE FOR 2022’S MAJOR HEALTHCARE REGULATORY CHANGES – LYTEC

Are you ready for the new regulations coming into effect by the end of this year? Your patients are! Get up to speed and prepare your practice for new rules and updated rules from the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) and Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Agenda:

  • 21st Century Cures Act (guest speaker)
    • Final rule
    • Interoperability
    • Information blocking
    • Software readiness
  • MACRA 2022
    • Minimum reporting requirements
    • Exemptions
  • No Surprises Act
  • Q&A

June 1, 2022 | By |

PREPARE FOR 2022’S MAJOR HEALTHCARE REGULATORY CHANGES – MEDISOFT

Are you ready for the new regulations coming into effect by the end of this year? Your patients are! Get up to speed and prepare your practice for new rules and updated rules from the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) and Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

 

Agenda:

  • 21st Century Cures Act (guest speaker)
    • Final rule
    • Interoperability
    • Information blocking
    • Software readiness
  • MACRA 2022
    • Minimum reporting requirements
    • Exemptions
  • No Surprises Act
  • Q&A

May 31, 2022 | By |

MIPS and APMs: Which Path Will You Choose?

Starting in 2019 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin with its new reimbursement system and as with current programs, there will be both bonuses and penalties under the Quality Payment Program. This new system rewards provider for delivering high quality and cost effective care. The system will replace the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS),

June 29, 2016 | By |

EHRs, Interoperability and MACRA

Recently, the American Academy of Family Physicians recommended to The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) that interoperability measures be more patient-centric in order to forward care coordination and continuity. At the ONC’s Annual meeting on May 31st it was said by Epic Vice President that the concept of interoperability needs to be widened to include “interoperability of knowledge” which he feels are methods to determine which of the vast amounts of data are actually important.

June 7, 2016 | By |

Do mHealth Apps Fall under HIPAA Laws?

The short answer…yes! In February of this year, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a document covering just this very topic. The longer answer…as mHealth grows, so do the number of questions surrounding privacy of records, the relationships of app developers and covered entities under the act, and the scenarios in which the definitions might be made.

May 24, 2016 | By |

NY State EPCS goes electronic controlled substances

NY State EPCS goes electronic controlled substances

Electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS) improves patient safety and care. It plays an important part in helping to fight America’s opioid abuse epidemic by eliminating the exposure of a practitioner’s signature and DEA number. 21 million original prescriptions for opioids were written, not including refills,

March 8, 2016 | By |

ONC Releases 2016 Interoperability Standards

Interoperability refers to systems that allow providers to share data among different practitioners, insurers, billing/scheduling systems and health information exchanges improving quality of patient care, improving efficiency of reporting and data filing, and making life saving information more readily available.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) recently released its 80-page 2016 Interoperability Standards Advisory.

February 8, 2016 | By |

Meaningful Use Down for the Count

According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) they have been working with physician and consumer communities and have listened to their needs and concerns – and this has led to the demise of Meaningful Use.

This came on the heels of American Medical Association (AMA) President Steven J.

January 21, 2016 | By |