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McBrayer Blogs
Showing 4 posts from November 2012.
The Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange: How Obamacare is Changing the Health Insurance Marketplace
Now that the President has been re-elected and the Supreme Court has upheld most of the Accountable Care Act (“ACA”), Obamacare will not be repealed. So, what does that mean for Kentuckians? Several things including an individual mandate to buy health insurance and a health benefit exchange where Kentuckians can buy insurance. More >
AN EFFECTIVE COMPLIANCE PROGRAM: PREVENTIVE MEDICINE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AND SMALL PHYSICIAN GROUP PRACTICE
With federal and state fraud and abuse enforcement efforts on the rise, all health care providers must be vigilant in identifying areas of risk and putting in place mechanisms to ensure regulatory compliance. This holds true not just for larger institutional providers, but individual and small physician group practices, as well. With the proliferation of federal and state contractors tasked with performing audits of coding and billing practices, physician practices must be prepared to demonstrate proper coding and billing practices and proper documentation to support those practices. The best preventive medicine for the individual and small physician group practice is a carefully drafted compliance program to identify and address areas of risk and to promote a culture of compliance within the practice. More >
Reforming Medicare Audits
On October 16, 2012, the Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2012[1] was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representative Sam Graves. The purpose of this legislation is to reform the Medicare auditing program. This legislation aims to improve the accuracy and transparency of Medicare audits of hospitals as well as increase the accountability of Recovery Audit Contractors (“RAC”).[2] More >
THE KENTUCKY HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE: LITTLE GNOME FACTS
“Like Travelocity but for health insurance” is how Executive Director Carrie Banahan and Deputy Director Bill Nold of the Office of Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange describe the developing Kentucky Exchange. More >
