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Best Practices for Complying with HIPAA & Safeguarding Patient PHI Accessible to Your Business Associates

Best Practices for Complying with HIPAA & Safeguarding Patient PHI Accessible to Your Business Associates

Healthcare is predicted to be the most targeted industry for cyberattacks in 2017, according to the 2017 Data Breach Industry Forecast from Experian.   “Electronic health records remain likely to be a top target for hackers,” Experian found. To further heighten & complicate these risks, providers’ responsibilities for protecting personal health information (PHI) under the […]

AAFCPAs Advises Healthcare Providers to Position Themselves for Change

AAFCPAs Advises Healthcare Providers to Position Themselves for Change

We may not be able to fully predict how future changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will affect the healthcare system, but AAFCPAs advises healthcare clients to position themselves for change.  AAFCPAs’ Matt Hutt reflects on last week’s healthcare reform news, and shares insight into what providers may expect: Healthcare providers must position themselves for […]

Five healthcare policies to expect under President Trump
Managed Healthcare Executive

Five healthcare policies to expect under President Trump

As Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th U.S. president, AAFCPAs’ Matt Hutt and other health policy experts share with Managed Healthcare Executive what’s next for healthcare.

Medicare PPS Base Rate & G-Codes for 2017: What FQHCs Need to Know

Medicare PPS Base Rate & G-Codes for 2017: What FQHCs Need to Know

AAFCPAs would like to make health center clients aware that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated the federally qualified health centers (FQHC) prospective payment system (PPS) base payment rate and the geographic adjustment factors (GAF) for 2017. AAFCPAs advises clients that now is the time to re-evaluate the charges that were […]

Healthcare reimbursement questions to ask during a time of uncertainty

Healthcare reimbursement questions to ask during a time of uncertainty

According to a March 2016 report by the Department of Health and Human Services, an estimated 20 million more Americans have health insurance coverage as a direct result of changes driven by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).   The influx has payors scrambling to meet coverage demands, while providers and provider organizations simultaneously navigate the murky […]

HRSA Operational Site Visits: Considerations, Risks and Common Trouble Spots

HRSA Operational Site Visits: Considerations, Risks and Common Trouble Spots

Does your Health Center have its Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) site visit looming?   If so, or if your Center has been through a recent HRSA Operational Site Visit (OSV), you know what a daunting, stressful and time consuming process this may be.  HRSA is continually refining and clarifying the 330 program compliance requirements […]

AAFCPAs to Present Medicare and Medicaid Cost Report Training

AAFCPAs to Present Medicare and Medicaid Cost Report Training

AAFCPAs Matt Hutt and Courtney McFarland, in collaboration with the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, will again present a Medicare and Medicaid Cost Report Training on October 6th, 2016, 9:00am-1:00pm at the DoubleTree Conference Center, Westborough, MA. Matt and Courtney will provide guidance and best practices in implementing the significant changes made to Federally Qualified Health […]

LILETTA IUD May Offer Cost Savings to 340B Covered Entities

LILETTA IUD May Offer Cost Savings to 340B Covered Entities

AAFCPAs would like to make healthcare clients aware of a potential cost savings on an Inter-Uterine Device (IUD) for eligible patients.  Medicines360 has received FDA approval for an IUD, named LILETTA®.  Medicines360 is a nonprofit pharmaceutical company, and as part of their mission, they are making LILETTA® available at a reduced, fixed price of $50.00 […]

New Cost Report for FQHCs Published by CMS

New Cost Report for FQHCs Published by CMS

On April 22, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the new Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Cost Report, Form CMS-224-14.  This form replaces the current Form CMS 222-92 for FQHC entities, and is effective for cost reporting periods (which typically coincide with the year-end) beginning on or after October 1, 2014. […]