Don’t stop with your electronic health records (EHR) system when conducting a risk assessment as part of a meaningful use attestation. HIPAA’s security rule requires you to conduct an annual risk assessment of your entire environment, and it’s often the actions humans take that put you most at risk.

Check remittance advice closely to nip in the bud losses caused by patients who don’t pay their premiums for Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange plans and let those plans lapse, experts tell Part B News.

Use this compilation of some of Part B News’ best collections tips to get the money your practice is owed from patients.

Follow coding rules to avoid possible trouble when Medicare Advantage plans ask for diagnosis codes that have nothing to do with the provider’s patient assessment.

One way to know you have compliance problem is if your providers are billing Medicare for initial or subsequent annual wellness visits (AWVs) but the documentation you see closely resembles that of a preventive physical exam. Those claims won’t stand up to auditor scrutiny, experts tell Part B News.

Physicians have discretion when it comes to the components used to document an annual preventive visit, but no such discretion exists for the annual wellness visit (AWV).

Contractors are warning providers about signatures on claims and other required record submissions — which means the rate of sloppy or missing signatures is high, experts believe.

A CMS proposed rule to require certain types of health care providers to have emergency preparedness plans with specific components doesn’t include physician practices, but you can expect your providers to be called on if the rule is ultimately finalized.