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COVID-19 – New FAQs and Toolkits for Telehealth & Medicare Provider Enrollment

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(March 27, 2020): Liles Parker published an article covering CMS’ blanket waiver of certain telehealth requirements on March 16, 2020, with an updated version posted March 17, 2020.[1] This article covers developments since March 17, 2020 related to CMS telehealth requirements and provider enrollment activities in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, as well […]

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Audits of Telehealth Services are Increasing. Do Your Telehealth Services Meet Applicable Requirements?

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(Updated September 22, 2019): The use of “telehealth” technologies to diagnose and treat patients can be used to address provider shortages, improve patient access to otherwise unavailable specialized services, reduces costs, and provides an effective way to monitor the status of patients from long distances. The many benefits of telehealth have been readily recognized by

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Audits of Semaglutide and Other GLP-1 Claims are Increasing

Prescriber Risks Ordering Semaglutide, Tirzepatide and Other Compounded GLP-1 Medications

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(October 24, 2024): Semaglutide, tirzepatide and a slate of other GLP-1 receptor agonist medications have dominated weight loss headlines in recent years. Not surprisingly, many weight loss providers and clinics have refocused their approaches, incorporating these drugs into patient treatment regimens. Unfortunately, the popularity of these drugs has led to a variety of bad practices,

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Ketamine Audits and Investigations are on the Rise! Are Your Ketamine Infusion / Injection Practices Compliant with the Law?

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(October 10, 2024): Ketamine has been in the news again lately. . . for all the wrong reasons. In August 2024, Federal prosecutors out of the Central District of California announced the indictment of five individuals, including two physicians, who allegedly played a role in the fatal ketamine overdose of Matthew Perry in October 2023.

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Texas HHSC-OIG is Ramping-Up its Investigations of Medicaid Pediatric Telemedicine Claims

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(June 27, 2023): In the State of Texas, Medicaid plays a significant role in providing healthcare services to a large portion of the population. With more than 5.9 million[1] Texans (approximately 18.9% of the current population[2]) enrolled in Medicaid, it is an essential program for qualifying low-income citizens. In Texas, Medicaid costs taxpayers over $40

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HCLA Webinars

HCLA Webinar What up with HIPAA and OCR? Tuesday, January 28, 2025 1 p.m. EST / Noon CST / 10:00 a.m. PST Duration: 60 Minutes Heidi Kocher, JD, MBA, CHC Matthew Catoe, JD, CPC, CMRS What’s up with HIPAA and OCR? There has been significant enforcement action in the last year by OCR against providers

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2023 Webinars

TAHCH Webinar Updates on Vaccine and Mask Mandates Tuesday, January 4, 2023 1 p.m. EST / Noon CST / 10:00 a.m. PST Duration: 60 Minutes Jennifer Papapanagiotou JD, MA Heidi Kocher, JD COVID vaccine and mask mandates have come, been amended, been removed for some occupations or sites and left in place for others. There

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Incident To Billing Practices are Under Law Enforcement’s Microscope. Are Your Incident To Billing Practices Compliant?

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(September 20, 2022): In the Medicare billing context, the term “Incident To” refers to the fact that under certain circumstances, the services of non-physician, mid-level practitioners (such as Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Physician Assistants (PAs)) are “. . . furnished as an integral, although incidental, part of the physician’s personal professional services in the course

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2022 Webinars

TAHCH Webinar Vaccination Mandates Wednesday, January 5, 2022 1 p.m. EST / Noon CST / 10:00 a.m. PST In July 2021, President Biden began rolling out vaccination mandates covering federal employees and contractors. At that time, President Biden also called on employers to implement their own vaccination mandates. Since that time, thousands of organizations around

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2021 Webinar

Wednesday, November 3, 2021 1 p.m. EST / Noon CST / 10:00 a.m. PST Using PEPPER to Assist You in Analyzing Your Home Health Claims Practices For several years now, CMS has been moving from a broad Probe and Educate program to a more targeted one. The Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER)

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