Medical Billing & Collections
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at HHS announced the resolution of eleven investigations in its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative, bringing the total number of these enforcement actions to …
CMS has released their proposed 2023 Physician Fee Schedule rule, and it includes many important (and positive) updates for mental and behavioral health providers. Medicare is continuing to push forward …
The Medicaid program pays for opioid treatment program (OTP) services. Prior Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit reports have identified OTP services as vulnerable to fraud, waste, and abuse. OIG …
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced the availability of $13 million in funding to increase access to behavioral health …
A new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found that massive increases in the use of telehealth helped maintain some health care access during the …
HHS published a new fact sheet highlighting their efforts to reach out to underserved children in a wide variety of settings. The fact sheet summarizes everything from in-school initiatives to …
From HHS.gov: As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s ongoing COVID-19 response efforts, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will invest more than $1.6 billion from the American …
Starting September 1, 2021, Cigna Behavioral Health will change its name to Evernorth Behavioral Health. Providers who work with Cigna Behavioral Health will maintain the same contractual obligations, and patients …
The CARES Act, passed in March last year, included $175 billion in Provider Relief Funding (PRF). Lawmakers promised that these funds would be available to providers with no strings attached …
HHS announced the availability of $14.2 million from the American Rescue Plan to expand pediatric mental health care access by integrating telehealth services into pediatric primary care. The funding will …