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Mar 28, 2024, 08:04 AM
Insurance Department Autism Spectrum Disorders Coverage—Maximum Benefit Adjustment; Notice 2024-03
After December 30, 2011, the Insurance Commissioner shall, on or before April 1 of each calendar year, publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin an adjustment to the maximum benefit equal to the change in the United States Department of Labor Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the preceding year, and the published adjusted maximum benefit shall be applicable to the following calendar years to health insurance policies issued or renewed in those calendar years.
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Mar 27, 2024, 14:03 PM
Change Healthcare Cybersecurity Attack
PAMED has heard from members who have been affected by a recent cybersecurity attack against Change Healthcare, the claims processing platform for Optum.
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Mar 25, 2024, 16:30 PM
PAMED Public Health Alert: Increase in Mpox Cases in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) has been tracking increasing cases of mpox since December 2023...
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Mar 21, 2024, 10:33 AM
CMS Announces Two Changes to NPPES Effective April 3, 2024
On March 4, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a notice that delineates changes to the data elements providers need to submit to obtain and maintain the National Provider Identifier (NPI).
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Mar 21, 2024, 09:38 AM
The PAMPAC Pulse - March 2024
A message from the PAMPAC's Chair...
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Mar 21, 2024, 09:34 AM
2023 MIPS EUC Application in Response to Change Healthcare Cyberattack
CMS has now reopened the 2023 MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) hardship application due to the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
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Mar 19, 2024, 16:36 PM
PAMED Public Health Alert: CDC Warns of Increase in Global and Domestic Measles Cases and Outbreaks
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing a health advisory to inform clinicians and public health officials of an increase in global and U.S. measles cases.
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Mar 18, 2024, 13:28 PM
PAMED Public Health Alert: PA Dept. of Health Issues Alert on New Respiratory Virus Guidance
The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued an alert regarding the new guidance from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for preventing respiratory virus diseases
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Mar 18, 2024, 00:00 AM
PAMED Board Talks Trends This Past Weekend
The PAMED board of trustees met this past weekend for a strategic planning retreat focused on trends – past and present – and discussed tactics and strategies regarding how PAMED can continue to get in front of trends and pro-actively address them.
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Mar 15, 2024, 08:17 AM
PA Department of Health: Sexual Assault Victim Emergency Services Regulation
Sexual Assault Victim Emergency Services Regulation Listing of Hospitals That May Not Provide Emergency Contraception and Hospitals That May Not Provide Any Sexual Assault Emergency Services
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Mar 14, 2024, 11:23 AM
Tips to Improve ICD-10-CM Coding Accuracy
Granite GRC Consulting presents a series of monthly articles for the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s DOSE newsletter. This is the third article in the series.
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Mar 14, 2024, 10:02 AM
Health Care Cost Containment Council Special Reports and Requests for Data
Annually, the Health Care Cost Containment Council (Council) is required to publish a list of all special reports and data that have been prepared during the previous calendar year.
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Mar 14, 2024, 09:34 AM
PA Dept. of Health: Fentanyl and Xylazine Detected in a Urine Drug Screening Performed under Act 43 of 2023
As a result of Act 43 of 2023, fentanyl and xylazine testing is required when a urine drug screening is conducted in an emergency department within an acute care hospital to assist in diagnosing a patient's condition.
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Mar 14, 2024, 09:23 AM
Medicare Physician Payment Update
On March 9, 2024 President Biden signed a bipartisan spending bill which included a change in the reimbursement percentage which physicians have experienced since January 1st.
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Mar 12, 2024, 15:03 PM
PAMED Health Alert: Prenatal Hepatitis B and C Testing Recommendations
The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued an alert CDC recommendations for hepatitis B and C screening.
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Mar 7, 2024, 09:23 AM
State Board of Pharmacy: Pharmacy Technician Registration (proposed rule)
On November 30, 2020, Act 140 was enacted to provide for registration of pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees.
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Mar 7, 2024, 07:23 AM
Department of Health Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Act Surcharge
The Patient Safety Authority (Authority), established under the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Act, collects and evaluates data regarding reports of serious events and incidents occurring in certain medical facilities and to make recommendations to those facilities regarding changes, trends and improvements in health care practices and procedures for the purpose of reducing the number and severity of serious events and incidents.
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Mar 4, 2024, 11:38 AM
PAMED Public Health Alert: CDC Shortens COVID-19 Isolation Recommendation
On Friday, March 1st the CDC announced updated COVID-19 recommendations. One of those changes is combining the COVID-19 recommendations with those for other respiratory viruses.
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Feb 22, 2024, 11:32 AM
Rethinking Risk Adjustment
Stay out of harm’s way when it comes to risk adjustment compliance. Granite GRC Consulting presents a series of monthly articles for the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s DOSE newsletter. This is the first in the series.
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Feb 22, 2024, 10:18 AM
Twin Sisters from Philadelphia County Earn Voluntary Service Award from the Pennsylvania Medical Society
Twin sisters, board- certified family physician Delana Wardlaw, MD and board-certified pediatrician Elana McDonald, MD, were each named recipients of the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s 2023 Voluntary Service Award; the first time PAMED give this award to two people.