Last week the Trump administration signed into law the CARES Act to help providers through the COVID-19 pandemic. From assistance with additional supplies, grants and loans, this act has a lot of moving pieces providers should be aware of. The CMS Accelerated and Advance Payment Program The key takeaway about this program is it IS […]
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Over the summer we discussed in a blogpost, “Executive Order Reduces HHS Time for Transparency,” the order issues from the current administration to make pricing more accessible for patients to be able to shop around for common outpatient procedures. November 15th, CMS announced two proposed regulations intended to follow through on this order. One is
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Credentialing is a key piece to any practice or hospital. If providers are not properly credentialed, they will not be paid for their services. Credentialing is a long, comprehensive process that requires consistent follow up and attention to detail. Many practices and hospitals outsource this process, and Legacy Consulting is glad to assist! What you
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For the first time, a pharmaceutical company, Johnson & Johnson, has been ordered to pay a substantial sum for their role in the opioid crisis in Oklahoma. While the opioid epidemic is no doubt a nationwide crisis, Oklahoma has been particularly devastated by the highly addictive pain killer. There have reportedly been over 6,000 deaths
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Recently Frost & Sullivan released a new report: U.S. Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) Market, Forecast to 2024. Clinical Support Systems, sometimes integrated into a practice’s EHR and other times an additional tool a provider uses, is going to become critical to evaluating patients and generating a plan of care. What is a Clinical Decision
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Findings from 2016 data recently released by the American Medical Association show that 4 in 10 patients with private in-network insurance at hospitals faced surprise medical bills after their visit. How do surprise medical bills occur? Most often it is from visiting a hospital or ER the patient’s private insurance is in network with, however
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After two rounds of Democratic debates, a huge spotlight has been placed on Healthcare. While people on both sides of the aisle agree an overhaul to the system is a necessity, the agreement ends there. We have heard several proposals, and one in particular could lead to devastating consequences to America’s Rural Healthcare System. Anyone
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In January of this year, a rule went into effect requiring hospitals to publish their price lists, or charge masters publicly on their websites. The rule applied to all of the nearly 6,000 hospitals in the country. The idea behind the rule is to give patients the options to choose and price shop for their
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In May we released an article about a proposed rule coming down from CMS regarding drug prices in advertising. In June we noted that drug companies were fighting this rule in court. This month we see the setbacks and challenges the Trump Administration continue to face in lowering drug prices for the everyday American. On
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An executive order issued this week calls for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to write the hospital requirements on price transparency in the next 60 days. This should mandate “standard charge information, including charges and information based on negotiated rates and for common or shoppable items.” But what are common or
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