In April of 2003, HIPAA was mandatory of all covered entities. Many of us read the guidelines, tried to interpret them and made our manuals….but have you done anything to keep them updated since then? Is the same manual on your shelf collecting dust? Do you review the guidelines with your staff? Quite a few [...]
Once you have determined what your position should look like, what duties are involved and what time is necessary to complete the work, then you will need to advertise for the position. A few years ago, people advertised in newspapers and speciality magazines, but now the Internet is where it is at.Various browsers offer this speciality. Google, Indeed, CraigsList, [...]
“It’s the Leaders responsibility to place people in the right position to succeed” Your reply is always….that is a given. Yet when an opening occurs in your place of employment, do you actually stop and consider all the aspects of a particular position? I would say that most people don’t, particularly if they have a [...]
Another year to start again or go forward or to renew/reflect! Or we here at Omega are busy with the 5010 format changes! Reflecting….starting again…don’t have time. This new format has us all on the run. Submit the claims, it comes back….this provider wants it one way and the other wants it another….!! And this [...]
Head Off Most of Your Claim Rejections With 2 Simple 5010 Tips More than half of claims submitted in 5010 testing batches are rejecting for 2 reasons… Make sure your billing provider and service facility addresses are street (physical) addresses. These addresses MUST have the zip+4 zip code and CANNOT be a P.O. Box; [...]
Did you know you could increase your bottom line by $62,500.00 a year? It’s true and you can do it by stepping up efforts in your office by collecting patient copays. It’s that simple, so why are you not doing this? On average, a physician can see approximately 10 patients per day. Say each patient [...]
GETTING READY FOR 5010 There really are benefits for you, the physician, in Version 5010. It all seems like just another way to make the lives of the electronic medical world chaotic. I mean face it, 4010 came around some 10 years ago and we are pretty comfortable with it, right? However, there are some [...]
Freestanding emergency rooms Over the last few years, the laws in Texas have changed for freestanding emergency rooms. Now more and more physicians are opening up these kind of businesses, which is great for all the people who do not want to wait in a regular hospital emergency room! These free standing ER’s are definitely [...]
By Karen Collier In August of 2009, one day after the statutory deadline set by Congress in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), HHS released its interim final regulations on patient notification of breaches of unsecured Protected Health Information (PHI). These regulations were required under a part of the ARRA known as HITECH – [...]
