You’ve heard a lot of talk about Obamacare, officially known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). There are a lot of changes for healthcare delivery that affect medical offices. But are you up to date on how ACA affects your office as an employer? The ACA imposes new obligations on employers. Some of these are already in effect and are continuing obligations you should be … [Read more...] about How the Affordable Care Act affects your medical office policies and practices
Health care reform
Model Tool: Links for more on Office of the Investigator General Workplan
Why you need this list of links: The OIG, Office of Inspector General, oversees Medicare and Medicaid enforcement and highlights areas of focus in its enforcement efforts in a Workplan. The 2014 Workplan was released at the end of January and contains some items of note for medical practices. How this list of links helps you: Some items are new and others have been on the OIG … [Read more...] about Model Tool: Links for more on Office of the Investigator General Workplan
Resource List: Find the help and information you need free on government websites
Why you need this resource list: Employers have obligations to their employees under the Affordable Care Act. How this resource list helps you: This list will help you find sources of information about your obligations to employees under the Affordable Care Act. How to use this resource list: Go to any of the links listed for further information about the Affordable Care Act. … [Read more...] about Resource List: Find the help and information you need free on government websites
Government issues NEW resources to help ensure safety of electronic health records
Continuing to encourage the use of electronic health records, on January 15, 2014, HHS issued new resources to help providers address Electronic Health Record safety. HHS’s Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued the Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience (SAFER) Guides. These SAFER Guides are tools such as checklists and … [Read more...] about Government issues NEW resources to help ensure safety of electronic health records
Health reform’s delay on the employer mandate raises lots of questions
There’s a new delay in health care reform. It’s a one-year postponement of what’s known as the employer mandate of the Affordable Care Act. That mandate says large employers, or those with 50 or more full-time employees, have to provide health insurance for their employees or pay a penalty. Originally, the requirement was supposed to take effect this coming January. Now the … [Read more...] about Health reform’s delay on the employer mandate raises lots of questions