Sam.Gov, Exclusion Review How To. 6/3/2021

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SEP for Individuals Affected by a Disaster or Emergency, Humana 2021

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Special Enrollments Periods

SEP for Individuals Affected by a Disaster or Emergency

Effective January 1, 2021, an SEP exists for individuals affected by a disaster or other emergency declared by a Federal, state or local government entity who were unable to, and did not make an election during another valid election period. This includes both enrollment and disenrollment elections.

Protecting Workers:

Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new guidance relating to recommended precautions for people who are fully vaccinated, which is applicable to activities outside of healthcare and a few other environments. OSHA is reviewing the recent CDC guidance and will update our materials on this website accordingly. Until those updates are complete, please refer to the CDC guidance for information on measures appropriate to protect fully vaccinated workers.

Cigna MA 2nd Qtr News 5/11/2021

Feature Article: Engaging with Patients Virtually, Cigna’s Virtual Care Reimbursement Policy

Policy Updates:

  • Preventive Care Services
  • Precertification
  • Clinical, Reimbursement, and Administrative

General News

  • Claim Denial preventive tips
  • Appeal Reminders
  • and many more to numerous to add

Webinar Schedule for Digital Solutions:

Topic Date Time (CT) Length Meeting #
Eligibility and Benefits /Cigna Cost of Care Estimator Wednesday, May 12, 2021 12:00 60 min 179 626 8334
EFT Enrollment, Online Remittance, and Claim Status Inquiry Monday, May 17, 2021 11:00 60 min 179 602 5133
Online Appeal and Claim Reconsideration Wednesday, May 19, 202 11:00 60 min 179 487 2665
Website Access Manager Training Wednesday, May 26, 2021 11:00 60 min 179 079 6479
CignaforHCP.com Overview Tuesday, June 1, 2021 1:30 90 mins 179 702 7790
Eligibility and Benefits /Cigna Cost of Care Estimator Wednesday, June 9, 2021 11:00 60 min 179 319 4586
EFT Enrollment, Online Remittance, and Claim Status Inquiry Wednesday, June 16, 2021 11:00 60 min 179 225 1773
Online Appeal and Claim Reconsideration Monday, June 21, 2021 11:00 60 min 179 162 7760
Website Access Manager Training Monday, June 28, 2021 11:00 60 min 179 940 8512
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Important, Time Sensitive

WEDI is hosting a day-long virtual meeting on Wednesday, April 28 to review the Information Blocking regulations, exceptions, and discuss compliance plans. Here you can find registration and the agenda for the event.

 

 

This event on Information Blocking is free for all members of the healthcare industry.

Information Blocking FAQs

THERE ARE NEW RULES

Regarding:

Information Blocking

Electronic Health Records

Patient Portals 

Health Information Technology

To hear practical information from “Healthcare IT Today” on the coming “INFORMATION BLOCKING” regulation.

New Information Blocking FAQs from ONC, Healthcare IT Today, March 23, 2021

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Ransomware Threat Targeting HealthCare Providers. 11/09/2020

You can’t afford to continue to look the other way.

SOME GREAT TIPS TO SHARE WITH YOUR STAFF.

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Emailing Archiving and Hippa Compliance

Make Sure email is a part of your cybersecurity stategy.

Email archiving is an automated process for preserving and protecting all inbound and outbound email messages (as well as attachments and metadata) so they can be accessed later. In other words, email archiving is storing emails and making them searchable.

Email archiving providers take this burden off organizations by storing emails on their servers while making them accessible to designated administrators in the organization. This is different than simply creating an email data backup. Data backups do not allow searching, so if a particular email needs to be found, it might take weeks for you to find it

Is email archiving required for HIPAA compliance?