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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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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 Data Privacy Issues and Regulations — HIPAA and Beyond Tuesday, January 30, 2024 1 p.m. EST / Noon CST / 10:00 a.m. PST Duration: 60 Minutes Heidi Kocher, JD, MBA, CHC Information Blocking Rule and OCR’s right of access initiative are two of the issues to be discussed in this session. Join attorney

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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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Ashley Morgan, J.D.

Ashley Morgan is a partner at Lliles Parker. She focuses her practice on regulatory health care compliance matters, fraud and abuse, and reimbursement issues. Ms. Morgan represents health care providers across the country in connection with a wide variety of health law issues including coverage disputes, documentation concerns, compliance, medical board complaints, and exclusion /

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Medicare Revocation Actions Related to Telemedicine Rising!

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(September 25, 2020):  In recent years, many individuals (especially younger members of our work force) have embraced the chance to supplement their income through short-term engagements in the “gig economy.”  Notably, both professionals and non-professionals alike have found flexible, part-time opportunities online, allowing them to work remotely as independent contractors.  A number of physicians, nurse

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