MIPS 2018: Virtual Groups for Solo or Small Practices
Medicare’s final rule provides a new opportunity for solo practitioners and small groups to join together and report…
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House Votes to Repeal Obamacare
The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted 216 to 211 to pass a bill to repeal and replace…
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MACRA, MIPS, and RHC: How Quality-Based Payments Will Affect Health Care Reimbursement
To replace the repealed sustainable growth rate payment methodology, CMS has proposed a new quality-based payment structure called…
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Assessing Your Health Care Practice’s Needs for Outsourcing
While every practice seems to have those employees that can seemingly “do it all,” it is likely there…
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Bundled Payments Lead to Higher Quality of Coordinated Care for Physicians
The Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative (BPCI) was launched from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation…
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Do Our Contributions Count Toward the Health FSA Limit?
Question: Our company’s cafeteria plan includes a health Flexible Spending Account (FSA) that has always been funded solely…
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Must Self-Insured Plans Provide Essential Health Benefits?
This Q&A addresses whether a self-insured health care plan must provide “essential health benefits,” as defined and required…
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How are HIPAA’s Pre-existing Condition Rules Affected by the Affordable Care Act?
Question: Our self-insured health plan doesn’t contain any exclusions or limitations for pre-existing medical conditions. Are we affected…
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ACA Spurring Interest in Self-Insurance and Captive Insurance Programs
This year, employers have gotten their first taste of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) community rating rules. As…
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