 | Tools to assure that your practice is fully compliant with all regulations for HIPAA, employment law, patient privacy and protected health information, as well as insurance coverage. |
Annual Meeting
The AAOE Program of the 2008 Joint Meeting is now available. See the courses exclusively dedicated to compliance & risk management. Member registration opens June 25.
News
DMEPOS Quality Standards
Document Destruction Demands Diligence Read story as published in American Medical News
Refusing a Difficult Patient as published in Medical Economics
NPI Compliance Information from CMS
FDA Seeking Comments on Use of Identifier System for Medical Devices
Resources
Risk Management Recommendations from OMIC
OMIC Sample Informed Consent Documents Review audit standards from U.S. Gov't Accountability Office
Educating Your Patients Academy's new Web page
OIG Compliance Plan For Individual & Small Group Physician Practices (PDF 345K)
Articles
OSHA Bloodborne Infection Issues - Techniques March/Apr. 2007
Free Content available to all AAO and AAOE Members:
Ophthalmic Medical Personnel
The Academy has launched an online Allied Health Recruitment & Training Tool Kit to help ophthalmologists meet the daily challenge of recruiting, training and retaining qualified allied health personnel.
HIPAA Information
CMS published a new proposed rule for electronic healthcare claims attachments
HIPAA links: - HHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Other Compliance/Risk Management Resources:
- OMIC Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company
- OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- CLIA CMS - Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
- and law regarding interpreters
