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Anyone hoping The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' announcement that it will conduct a HIPAA 5010, ICD-10 readiness assessment is a sign that the group might once again push back the deadlines would be wise not to hold breath for such an outcome.
In the Federal Register dated March 11, 2011, CMS explains that it provided certain milestones for providers, payers, and vendors en route to HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 subsequently.
Sourcenet, a premier physician billing and practice management firm in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., is the first medical biller, under the Healthcare Network Accreditation Program (HNAP) Medical Biller, to be accredited by The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC).
The poor quality of direct-care workers' jobs endangers the country's caregiving infrastructure, according to PHI, a national nonprofit organization advocating for the direct-care workforce in home and residential settings.
The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts, is accepting proposals for grants to conduct health impact assessments.
Hospitals in San Antonio, Texas, are expanding in an attempt to maintain market share in a competitive environment, according to a recent study.
Those familiar with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Recovery Audit Contractor program say the RAC audits haven't been as bad as was predicted when the controversial program was launched in late 2009.
Amid a falling stock market, nuclear disaster and the difficult recovery efforts following last week's massive earthquake and devastating tsunami in Japan, several healthcare companies with facilities on the island nation are saying they and their workers are relatively unscathed and that they are keeping a close eye on the evolving situation there.
Anthem Blue Cross and two medical groups from Sharp HealthCare will launch a pilot accountable care organization focused on serving Anthem's San Diego-based group, small group and individual plan PPO members.
MEDecision, a developer of health management and decision support technology, and Health Language, Inc. (HLI), which specializes in medical terminology management, have joined forces, allowing MEDecision to help payers and providers comply with and capitalize on forthcoming ICD-10 requirements.
Congressmen Charles Boustany (R-La.) and John Larson (D-Conn.) have introduced a bill that would allow consumers more time to withdraw and pay taxes on their medical flexible spending accounts instead of forfeiting the remaining balance to their employer at the end of each year, as current rules require.