In recent years, robotics has become an increasingly important tool in healthcare. One area where it has shown significant potential is in automating hospital workflows. As hospitals look for...
With the Public Health Emergency (PHE) coming to end, the continuous coverage that was being provided by Medicaid without the need for re-determining the eligibility every month under the...
If you’ve been keeping up with our content on how to effectively tackle the minimum wage problem as a business owner, then you’ve already learned quite a bit. In...
After the COVID-19 pandemic made catastrophic waves around the world, employers who could, sent their employees home to work, not quite knowing when things would be back to normal....
It takes a special person to successfully work in the world of medical billing. Many behind-the-scenes jobs do not get recognized enough for what they do to keep things...
Lately, there has been a lot of speculation amongst medical billing company owners about what the future of the medical billing industry will be. We have been working in...
4D Global has devoted the last 4 years to helping our clients successfully scale their businesses and increase profitability with our services. Our team always aims to exceed expectations...
What Does Increased Physician Employment Mean for Medical Billing Companies? According to research done by the AMA, “for the first time, fewer physicians are owners than employees.” In 2018,...
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Subcommittee on Government Operations recently held a hearing to examine the program integrity efforts of different Federal Agencies, who were vulnerable to...
After months of active debate, California has became the latest state to adopt a law to protect the commercially insured users from unexpected out-of-network medical bills. With this move,...
The Department of Health And Human Services (HHS) Inspector General Daniel Levinson recently called on CMS to work with Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12. The call was to incorporate...
Vindell Washington, MD., has now stepped in as the National Coordinator for Health IT at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for...
The Department of Justice has challenged two major insurance mergers on antitrust grounds and the trial dates are now set for the mergers. Aetna has received a trial date...
The Centre for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently released their annual report on Medicare and Medicaid integrity programs. According to the report, Medicare has saved $12.40 during the financial...
CMS published the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (NPRM) for reviews and comments in July. With that, CMS is looking to propose changes to the reimbursement rates for...
Physicians-in-training are not extensively offered a proper, formal training in telemedicine. To deal with that, the American Medical Association recently announced a policy that aims to ensure that medical...
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently released a report on the effectiveness of the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) program in 2015. The SMP program was established back...
The revised enrollment figures for health insurance exchanges have now been released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The report shows that the number of consumers,...
Members of the Healthcare Billing and Management Association (HBMA) recently visited senior CMS staff and chief health policy makers in Congress. The meeting gave HBMA members a chance to...
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations conducted a hearing last month to analyze frauds and abuse within the federal healthcare programs. The hearing was chaired by Tim Murphy (R-PA-...