- Where can I find a doctor that accepts Medicare and Medicaid?
To find a provider that accepts Medicare payments, use the Care Compare tool on Medicare gov This tool gives you a list of professionals or group practices in the specialty and geographic area you specify, along with detailed profiles, maps and driving directions Find and compare doctors and other providers near you
- Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Info
Health care providers that have indirect treatment relationships with patients (such as laboratories that only interact with physicians and not patients), health plans, and health care clearinghouses may use and disclose PHI for purposes of TPO without obtaining a patient's consent The rule permits such entities to obtain consent, if they choose
- Your Protections Against Discrimination Based on Conscience and . . .
Conscience protections apply to certain health care providers, patients, and other participants in specific federal programs who refuse on religious or moral grounds to participate in certain health care services
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Electronic Health Record (EHR): an electronic version of a patients medical history, that is maintained by the provider over time, and may include all of the key administrative clinical data relevant to that persons care under a particular provider, including demographics, progress notes, problems, medications, vital signs, past medical history, immunizations, laboratory data and radiology
- Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) | Guidance Portal
What is an ACO?ACOs are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers, who come together voluntarily to give coordinated high-quality care to their Medicare patients The goal of coordinated care is to ensure that patients get the right care at the right time, while avoiding unnecessary duplication of services and preventing medical errors When an ACO succeeds both in delivering
- Physician Self-referral Spotlight | Guidance Portal - HHS. gov
Provided that all the requirements of section 1877 (e) (9) of the Act are satisfied, a hospital, ambulatory surgical center, community health center, rural emergency hospital, or skilled nursing facility may offer a bona fide mental health or behavioral health improvement or maintenance program to physicians who practice in the geographic area
- HIPAA, Health Information Exchanges, and Disclosures of Protected . . .
The permissions addressed in this guidance also apply to HIPAA business associates (including health care clearinghouses acting in their role as business associates) to the extent that their uses and disclosures of PHI for these purposes are expressly permitted by their business associate agreements or are consistent with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Notification of Enforcement Discretion
- MLN9658742 – Medicare Provider Enrollment - HHS. gov
Physicians, non-physician practitioners, physician organizations, non-physician organizations, and Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program suppliers don’t pay a Medicare enrollment application fee
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