Across the U.S., health insurers and health care systems are breaking disability rights laws by sending inaccessible medical bills and notices, a KHN investigation has found.
As the pandemic lingers, contributing to rising inflation and looming economic recession, Americans from all walks of life may be concerned about their medical bills.
The Department of Health and Human Services today issued a notice of public rulemaking to improve the exchange of patient records used in the treatment of substance use disorder.
Litigation over the Biden administration’s process for resolving surprise medical billing disputes threatens to exacerbate a growing backlog in claims and leave doctors without paychecks, healthcare lawyers said.
According to CMS, privileges are not to be granted for tasks/procedures/activities that are not conducted within the hospital—regardless of the practitioner’s ability to perform.
Therefore, when developing your core privileging system, list only those services and procedures that your hospital currently provides; e.g., an activity/task/procedure that the hospital can support and is conducted within the hospital.