Click Here to view a replay of the Easing the Information Security Compliance Burden for Health Care webinar. This webinar will cover the massive Health Care IT transformation currently underway and how this impacts health care information security compliance. Feisal will cover Health Care IT Audit / Compliance requirements, security and mapping security to various compliance requirements. Review the compelling needs for using a framework to manage the process and a strategy for executing within the framework.

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 Searching across multiple states for related information is easy on MediRegs, but there are some challenges because states vary the language they use for similar issues, and even whether they dicate a standard via legislative, regulatory or Medicaid publications.  Each of the Medicaid Manuals has a STATE CHART which is a great way to compare apples-to-apples language for things like eligiblity requirements and how the Medicaid program is set up. The following how-to article is designed to help you understand the best way to search across multiple states.

To assist customers with understanding issues being investigated by the Recovery Audit Contractor, MediRegs has launched a new set of resources.

RAC Issues Comparison Chart

On the left-hand navigation pane of the Coding & Revenue Resource Center, the Audit & Revenue Resource Center, and the Regulation & Reimbursement Suite, you will find a new RAC ISSSUES link. This sortable table outlines the types of issues being investigated by the 4 Recovery Audit Contractors.

On December 12, 2008, CMS published notice in the Federal Register that it had submitted a revised Disclosure of Financial Relationships Report ("DFRR") audit form to the Office of Management and Budget for review ("OMB").  The DFRR form will be used by CMS to identify arrangements that potentially may not be in compliance with the physician self-referral statute/regulations and to identify examples and areas of noncompliance that may assist CMS in f