North Carolina is making the path for other states to follow in their attempts to control the spread of Covid-19 in their underserved communities. A lot of North Carolina’s underserved areas consist of African American and Latino populations who do not have the...
Am I Eligible to Receive the Vaccine? Right now, more than half of the U.S. population (150 million) are eligible to be vaccinated, but ultimately it is each state that makes the final decision about who goes first. The first to qualify to receive the vaccines were...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Special Open Enrollment Period will allow new enrollments and/or changes from existing health plans If you don’t have health insurance you may be eligible to enroll in an Affordable Care Act (ACA) plan during the 2021 Special Open...
Throughout 2020, COVID-19 has tested every aspect of our healthcare practices and systems. This has created the necessity for new creative methods to counter-act the COVID-19 virus at all levels. Due to the lack of information, testing, and turn-around many hospitals...
Changes to physician outpatient CPT coding for evaluation and management (E/M) services take place on January 1, 2021. The billing changes impact more than 50% of E/M services for all providers who see patients in offices or clinics. The changes impact commercial...
What you need to know for Open Enrollment 2021 It is that time of year again, open enrollment season is only a few days aways. Open enrollment is the period of time when individuals can enroll in an Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance plan or make changes...
As if 2020 has not been stressful enough, now scammers are using the COVID-19 pandemic to prey on Medicare and Medicaid recipients by promising free care to their patients in order to gain their personal and health information, including their dates of birth, social...
Many people have been putting the Affordable Care Act on blast. If you haven't noticed, the rate increases are astronomical. Here in Tennessee, Blue Cross Blue Shield raised its rates by 62 percent. In Texas, Blue Cross Blue Shield raised their rates by over 60...
There is a very simple device that we all have in our homes that we may never think of. When I say the term “back-flow preventer,” unless you are a plumber, this may be the first time you have read this term in ten years. This device is used to keep contaminated water...
With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), individuals that did not previously have access to employer coverage and could not afford individual insurance premiums on their own, can now shop for plans on the Individual Health Insurance Marketplace. While...
Great strides are made daily in the diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS. However, in the HIV Care Continuum, a large gap remains between diagnosis and treatment. Why? Many PLWH (People Living With HIV) do not know they can get coverage for treatment. Ryan White and...
