9 / 17 / 2024
Introduction Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) were introduced as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, with the goal of reducing healthcare costs while improving quality of care. ACOs...
8 / 27 / 2024
Enhance M&A Success in Healthcare: Leverage Chart Testing for Accurate Valuation In the fast-paced world of healthcare mergers and acquisitions, thorough due diligence is essential. Private equity firms sometimes focus...
8 / 20 / 2024
There are over 197,000 physician practices and over 443,437 physicians in the United States, according to Vertical IQ. Each practice typically has 14 employees. California, Texas, and Florida have the...
7 / 30 / 2024
Disclaimer: This article reflects personal views based on information available at the time it was prepared. It does not represent and should not be relied on as legal, human...
7 / 18 / 2024
From a Fair Market Value (FMV) perspective, the process of tying quality metrics into provider compensation involves simultaneously aligning incentives with healthcare quality and outcomes while ensuring the compensation...
6 / 27 / 2024
Before we discuss documentation guidelines, let’s define psychotherapy. Psychotherapy, also known as talk therapy, is a type of therapy during which the provider uses a series of techniques to...
6 / 25 / 2024
If you haven’t already, you should utilize the Medicare Preventive Services education tool from The Medicare Learning Network! Not only does it lay out all of Medicare’s preventive services...
6 / 13 / 2024
Since 2020, telehealth services have seen many changes, but there were some significant changes to telehealth in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) 2024 Physician Fee Schedule...
5 / 30 / 2024
Introduction On April 10, 2024, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. Within the release...
5 / 23 / 2024
Pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotechnology companies (collectively life sciences companies or “LSCs”) utilize outside ‘experts’ (“Healthcare Professionals” and “Key Opinion Leaders”, collectively “HCPs/KOLs”) to provide a wide variety of...