The University of Pennsylvania Health System Hosts Hearing on Medical Errors. In Other News Bankruptcies Linked to Medical Debt. Number of Low-Income Families Lacking Health Insurance Rising. There are several major areas that require extensive regulatory overhaul with huge financial implications. For example, the privacy requirements alone triggered a proposed regulation of some 630 pages, with formal adoption expected this June.
Implementation is mandated only two years thereafter.
Providers would be subject to these penalties only if they knew or should have known that the billed item or service was not medically necessary or deliberately ignored or disregarded. Outpatient PPS Training Offered. To assist in the implementation of this new system, HCFA has agreed to sponsor several training seminars. The seminars are scheduled for May 3, May 4 and May 12. To Be Named.