Blog Posts by Tag: COVID-19
HRSA Set to Stop Accepting Claims on March 22, 2022
On Wednesday, March 15, 2022, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) submitted a letter to Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, regarding concerns of dwindling funds for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Uninsured Program. In this letter, OMB stated that “On March 3, we requested $22.5 billion in emergency funding by mid-March to avoid severe disruptions to our COVID...
Omicron Variant: Latest Impact on Lab Testing Volumes
The impact of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant appears to have peaked in most parts of the nation. While the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has determined this variant spreads more easily than the original virus that causes COVID-19 and the Delta variant, it generally causes less severe disease than infection with prior variants. At the beginning of February, it appears the peak of new COVID-19...
Top 5 Blogs Posts of 2021
With ongoing COVID-driven disruptions, 2021 was yet another challenging year for the healthcare industry. XIFIN's Beyond Billing blog kept pace, addressing key issues and hot topics. Here are the top blogs of 2021. 1. UHC Announces Designated Diagnostic Provider Requirements for CoverageWhen UHC announced plans to implement the Designated Diagnostic Provider benefit designs beginning July 1, 2021...
XIFIN Acquisition Opens Opportunities for Diagnostics Providers, Targets Patient-Centric Care
XIFIN recently announced the acquisition of OmniSYS, a healthcare technology company that serves more than 30,000 pharmacies, including four out of the top five national chains. OmniSYS capabilities include patient engagement, medical claims processing, automated pricing, managing clinical workflow, and supporting new clinical services such as immunizations, medication management, point-of-care...
CMS Offers MIPS Reporting Flexibilities for Pathologists During COVID
The Quality Payment Program (QPP) was established by CMS as part of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. The QPP transformed the Medicare payment system to focus more on value of service than volume. Under QPP, there are two payment tracks, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM), both of which involve levels of financial...
Delta Variant Impact on Lab Testing Volumes
The impact of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is increasingly severe. The CDC has determined this strain is nearly twice as contagious as previous variants and two studies indicate Delta patients are more likely to be hospitalized than those infected with Alpha or the original virus strains.1 97.4% of all U.S. COVID-19 cases stem from this variant.2Infection numbers are rising rapidly. On August 11...
Things to Consider When Building a Patient and Provider Engagement Infrastructure
This blog post is the final installment of our three part series. View Part One and Part Two. On the recent Fierce Healthcare webinar, “Billing and Patient Access Tools to Boost Digital Health Profit,” I had the pleasure of addressing patient and provider engagement tools.The fact is, healthcare billing and claims processing — more specifically the revenue cycle management (RCM) process for...
The Impact of COVID-19 on Remote Patient Monitoring, Medical Device, and IDTF Patient Engagement Tools
This blog post is part two of a three part series. View Part One and Part Three. According to the “COVID 19 Telehealth Impact Study,” conducted by the COVID 19 Healthcare Coalition, 75% of physicians reported they would like to continue to offer digital services for chronic disease management post-COVID. These findings confirm that physicians see the value in providing digital and telehealth...
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