Physicians are showing more of an interest in digital health technologies, but they are still on the fence when it comes to actually adopting things like telemedicine and remote patient monitoring as part of their practice.

The release of the final rules for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) in October drew a range of responses from physician groups and health policy experts who weighed in on the potential impact of the law’s proposed reforms.

Review your meaningful use data to make sure you haven’t misplaced reportable data such as patient smoking status, and get ready not only to attest but also to testify should Figliozzi and Company pick you for a meaningful use audit.

You can offer patients transportation to and from your office for appointments and more items for free or at a discount now that the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has softened some of the harshness of the anti-kickback statute and the civil monetary penalties law in a series of rules and announcements released Dec. 7.

Don’t sleepwalk through your encounters with patients needing referrals for continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment — the complex coverage requirements for CPAP might easily be leading to unintended denials.

Practices gearing up for the first year of the merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS) may want to take part in a CMS study assessing the segment of MIPS that’s brand new to reporting entities — the clinical practice improvement activities (CPIAs) performance category.