General Surgery Coding Alert

OIG Watch List:

Target Your EHRs for Scrutiny

Watch incentive payments, too. HIPAA enforcement just keeps getting tougher — that’s the word on the street from the HHS Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) fiscal year (FY) 2016 work plan. Focus: Compliance relating to electronic protected health information (ePHI) and electronic health records (EHRs) is firmly in the OIG’s sights for 2016. Read on for what you need to [...]
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