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Medicare Bill a ‘Mixed Bag’ for O&P
The landmark Medicare reform and prescription drug bill passed by the Senate November 25 is a "mixed bag" for O&P,...
Read moreDetailsHIPAA Security and the Technical Safegaurds
In the last article we covered the physical safeguard standards and have technical safeguards and organizational safeguards remaining. In this...
Read moreDetailsHIPAA Security and the Physical Safeguards
Jay Masci, PMP In the last article, we went through the final administrative safeguards. Now we are moving on to...
Read moreDetailsHIPAA Security and the Administrative Safeguards—Part 2
In the last article, we discussed the first four administrative safeguard standards in detail. In this article, we will cover...
Read moreDetailsNegReg Crashes: Why? O&P’s Battle Continues
The Negotiated Rulemaking (NRM or NegReg) Committee on Special Payment Provisions for Prosthetics and Certain Custom-Fabricated Orthotics participated in nine...
Read moreDetailsO&P: Failing To Protect ‘Qualified’ Status through Licensure?
Pursuant to the federal statute, Section 427 of BIPA 2000, a qualified practitioner is defined as: A physician, a qualified...
Read moreDetailsHIPAA Security – Required or Addressable
Compliance deadline for the HIPAA Security Rule, finalized and published February 20, is February 21, 2005. If you were required...
Read moreDetailsHere Comes HIPAA Security
So you just finished your Privacy Rule compliance effort and are finalizing your Electronic Transaction and Code Set testing and...
Read moreDetailsHIPAA: How to Handle a Vendor Selling HIPAA Services and Products
So what do you say when sales representatives call to sell their company's HIPAA services and products? What if they...
Read moreDetailsFile Documentation: Key to OIG Compliance
The subject of this article is file documentation and compliance with the OIG (Office of the Inspector General) Compliance Guidance...
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