On March 9, 2024, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, which included a 2.93 percent update to the CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Conversion Factor (CF) for dates of service March 9 through December 31, 2024. This replaces the 1.25 percent update provided by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, therefore the CY …
Cybercrime, and specifically Ransomware, is growing at alarming rates impacting organizations around the world It is anticipated by 2025, Global cybercrime damage costs are expected to reach $10.5 trillion From approx. $325 million in 2015 we have now reached approx. $20 billion in 2021. It has been predicted that in 2021 every 11 seconds a …
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CMS Updates Hurricane Laura Update: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have efforts underway to support Louisiana and Texas in response to Hurricane Laura. On August 26, 2020, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar declared public health emergencies (PHEs) in these states, retroactive to August 22, 2020 for the …
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR), enforcement agency for the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) released guidance to help ensure appropriate sharing of medical information during Hurricane Florence last night, September 12, 2018. HHS Secretary Alex Azar has waived sanctions and penalties under certain provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act …
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No Meaningful Use penalties for eClincalWorks users In an FAQ, CMS outlines that it does not plan to conduct audits to find eligible professionals (EPs) who relied on flawed software for their attestation information. In light of recent investigations into the possibility that eClinicalWorks may have falsified certain capabilities in order to obtain certification, the …
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