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Medicare Payment Resources

Ensuring you are properly reimbursed by Medicare can be challenging. CPII has provided a wealth of resources to guide you through the most recent regulations on getting paid by Medicare. Read More

Medicaid Tamper-Resistant Prescriptions

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have reviewed their policy with respect to tamper-resistant prescriptions and are providing two updates to that policy. Read the Update

Medicare Part D - Prescription Drug Coverage

This information will assist you in helping you and your staff understand and communicate basic information on the Part D benefit and linking you to patient-oriented materials that you can use in your offices. Learn More

The Stark Law – Self-Referral Regulations

The Stark Law is actually actually three separate provisions, and governs physician self-referral for Medicare and Medicaid patients. Here is a list of Stark Guidelines and their ramifications. The Self-Referral Regulations are available only to ACP members and requires a log in. Read the Regulations

Avoiding Medicare & Medicaid Fraud & Abuse

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has published a comprehensive booklet A Roadmap for New Physicians - Avoiding Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse. Read the Booklet

• Medicare Compliance Is Good Business (login required)

Medicare Compliance Action Plan

ACPs Action Plan adheres to the Office of the Inspector General's (OIG) basic adage “Do what’s good for business and you’ll do what’s good for compliance.” It provides a systematic process to follow and a record of what you have accomplished. This resource is available only to ACP members and requires a log in. Download the Action Plan

OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Requirements

The standard’s requirements state what employers must do to protect workers who are occupationally exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM), as defined in the standard. Read the OSHA Bulletin

Physician Payment Sunshine Rule - Open Payments

This provision of the Affordable Care Act requires the public reporting by applicable manufacturers and Group Purchasing Organizations (GPO) of defined transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The Act also requires reporting by applicable manufacturers and GPOs of designated physician ownership and investment interests in their entities. Only applies to manufacturers and GPOs of drugs, devices, biologicals or medical supplies in which payment is available under Medicare, Medicaid or CHIP and, which requires a prescription to be dispensed. While physicians and teaching hospitals have no reporting obligations under this regulation, they do have the right to review and dispute all required information being reported about them by the applicable entity prior to this information being placed on a public website. Learn More

Multimedia Learning Resources

• Downloadable Videos and Educational Materials

More Related Links:

• ACP Internist Practice Resources
• Where We Stand: Issues of Advocacy
• Council of Early Career Physicians