Change Healthcare Cyberattack A major data breach and numerous smaller ones should cause each of our practices to do some threat mitigation
Prior Authorization Process: Mandates for Health Plans — What Now? How can private payers align with decreasing the burden of prior authorization?
Changes to Confidentiality Rules About Mental Health Treatment for Health Care Professionals Rules are changing about whether mental health care for doctors is confidential; do you know whether your state protects your confidentiality should you opt to seek care?
New Report on Hospital Regulatory Compliance: A Price Transparency Update Practices and hospitals are starting to get called out for falling short on price transparency standards. Here’s how to avoid turning up on any nasty lists…
What You Need to Know About State-Based Prior Authorization Laws Most states have considered legislation to relieve the burdens on doctors and patients associated with prior authorization; has yours?
New: U.S. Senate Medicare Payment Reform Working Group A bipartisan Senate working group on Medicare reimbursement may be good news for surgeons...but it may not
Requiring Care Coordination: Payers Must Offer a Provider Access API CMS’s new requirements regarding interoperability force payers to provide a useful tool to practices. Are you positioned to use it?