The Health Equity Breach: What We Can Learn
HealthEquity provides employees at companies across the United States access to workplace benefits, like health savings accounts and commuter options for public transit and parking.
Vital Signs: A New Telehealth Accreditation Program, Patient Visit Volumes Are Up & P.E. Healthcare Deals Drop
May was a busy month for the healthcare industry. The FTC voted on a noncompete ruling that could have major implications for physicians and the Joint Commission launched an accreditation program for providers who offer telehealth services.
MIPS Improvement Activities: What qualifies as a high-weight activity?
As part of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) program, practices must implement improvement activities. High-weighted activities address areas with the greatest impact on patient care, safety, health, and well-being, or require significant investment of time and resources, according cms.gov.
Vital Signs: Physician Burnout, Negotiating Higher Reimbursement Rates, ChatGPT & More
Vital Signs, a newsletter from AdvancedMD, brings the healthcare industry’s top trends and insights to your inbox every month.
How to work with MIPS CQM Data
In this recorded webinar you’ll learn how to collect and submit MIPS CQM data. You’ll learn the necessary steps needed to successfully collect, export, and submit MIPS CQM measures, determine reporting needs, how to create an account for your practice, and a high-level overview of the attestation process. Key learnings: Collect and export MIPS CQM … Continued
5 MACRA Facts Every Medical Practitioner Should Know
5 MACRA Facts Every Medical Practitioner Should Know With so many acronyms and changes happening to the Medicare program over the past several years, it’s no wonder MACRA is often not fully understood. We wrote this eBook to give you all the main facts about MACRA to guide your independent medical practice. Read this eBook … Continued
HIPAA 2022 End of Year Roundup
In this recorded webinar featuring HIPAA One, you’ll learn how to successfully complete an annual HIPAA security risk assessment. You’ll also learn how to use automation to simplify the process, common barriers to achieving HIPAA compliance, common mistakes practices make, and different approaches to performing an annual HIPAA security risk assessment. Key learnings: Barriers … Continued
3 Tips to Stop Revenue Leaks in Your Private Practice
Today’s private practices have had to adjust to mounting challenges like ICD-10, Meaningful Use, and ACA. With so many changes disrupting practice management processes, it may seem as though your private practice is leaking revenue—and it probably is. Operational inefficiencies and redundancies are costing your office time and money.
Vendor HIPAA Breach Affects 319K Patients & Their Providers
Another HIPAA breach affecting over 319,000 patients and their providers was recently reported by vendor QRS. What does this mean for your practice and what can you learn from it?
HIPAA Compliance: Simple ways to protect your practice
In this recorded webinar, we’ll explore simple ways to protect your practice from a data breach using HIPAA compliance. You’ll learn about updates and changes to HIPAA in 2021, common HIPAA-related mistakes organizations make, triggers for performing a HIPAA risk analysis, and approaches to performing an annual risk assessment. Key Takeaways: Updates and changes to … Continued
Cybersecurity needs to extend beyond your electronic medical records
On June 29, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Cybersecurity Program released a news article on vulnerabilities in PACS, picture archiving and communication systems.
Scoring well in quality measures has just become more difficult
Scoring well in quality has just become more difficult. Your quality score on each quality measure is based upon ‘Deciles’. Think of it as being graded on the curve.