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08/19/2024
Question: We are hiring a chief information security officer (CISO). What are the top traits and skills they should have?
08/19/2024
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced on July 24 that the deadline for submitting an application for the Primary
Care Flex Model accountable care organization model (ACO) would be moved from Aug. 1, 2024, to Aug. 23, 2024.
08/19/2024
The outlook is bleak for most of the 101 E/M codes (99202-99498) available for billing under Medicare Part B in 2025. Just two codes in the E/M series are on track to see a positive shift in reimbursement, and one of those gainers is up a scant $0.03 year-to-year, according to an analysis of the proposed 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule.
08/12/2024
Given current provider shortages, it’s important to start your new clinical hires on the right foot. A survey of clinicians and recruiters suggests new provider onboarding in medical practices works best when there’s a formal process and early intervention.
08/12/2024
You may be surprised to see locum tenens providers mentioned in an onboarding story, especially if you think of them as the paratroopers of the medical profession, ready to parachute in at a moment’s notice. But many of these temporary assignments will blossom into longer-term and even permanent positions.
08/12/2024
Whether your practice performs services to diagnose or manage and prevent chronic migraines with conservative therapy or your practice specializes in state-of-the-art migraine treatments, a recent draft local coverage determination serves as a call to review the terminology that drives migraine coding.
08/12/2024
Question: If a patient requests medical records via email and we currently do not use a secure email system, can we send it unencrypted if they agree to it?
08/12/2024
Part B News welcomes compliance expert Julia Huddleston, CIPP/US, CIPM, CCSFP, principal with Apgar & Associates, to answer a series of questions about HIPAA compliance areas, focusing on reproductive health care policies, data breaches and more. 
08/12/2024
Providers from three specialties broke the trend for Medicare Part B telehealth services, based on claims data submitted by the 10 specialties that reported the highest volume of telehealth services in place of face-to-face encounters in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
08/05/2024
A Supreme Court decision has major repercussions for federal regulations, including the final rules on which health care providers rely. Experts say that even bedrock Medicare payment and coverage rules may now be vulnerable to challenge, but other rules with more limited impact are likely to be attacked first.

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