Welter Healthcare Partners achieves URAC CVO Accreditation!

Welter Healthcare Partners is proud to have earned URAC accreditation for Credentials Verification Organization (CVO)! The designation demonstrates Welter Healthcare Partners is dedicated to quality and safety, and that we strive for continual improvement of the services we offer! Our URAC-accredited CVO meets the strict quality credentialing standards URAC’s other accreditation programs, ensuring healthcare organizations that the credentialing process is in compliance. URAC’s Credentials Verification Organization (CVO) Accreditation ensures a meaningful, rigorous, and fair credentialing process that protects both patients and providers from poor credentialing practices. Credentialing is a critical function that allows health care organizations to properly identify qualified health care practitioners for participation in their networks. The accreditation process is an important way to protect patients and to minimize legal exposure for health care organizations due to malpractice claims.nn“Increased scrutiny of healthcare quality makes credentials verification a vital component in delivering safe and successful care,” said URAC President and CEO Shawn Griffin, M.D. “ Welter Healthcare Partners is showcasing a commitment to quality by achieving Credentials Verification Organization Accreditation from URAC that’s designed to increase patient confidence, maintain provider excellence, and reduce legal exposure.”nnAbout URAC: URAC’s mission is to advance quality in healthcare through leadership, accreditation, measurement, and innovation. Founded in 1990, URAC is the independent leader in promoting healthcare quality through leadership, accreditation, measurement, and innovation. URAC is a nonprofit organization using evidence-based measures and developing standards through inclusive engagement with a range of stakeholders committed to improving the quality of healthcare. Our portfolio of accreditation and certification programs span the healthcare industry, addressing healthcare management, healthcare operations, health plans, pharmacies, telehealth providers, physician practices, and more. URAC accreditation is a symbol of excellence for organizations to showcase their validated commitment to quality and accountability.

New Years Resolutions!

The new year is a time for change, and many look at it as a time of reform. So as you make those resolutions to get back to the gym just remember that as we all get older, our bodies take longer to heal. Happy 2020!n

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  • X50.0XX- Overexertion from strenuous movement or load [lifting heavy objects; lifting weights]
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  • Y93.- Activity codes
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  • Y93.A- Activities involving other cardiorespiratory exercises
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  • Y93.B- Activities involving other muscle strengthening exercises
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  • Y93.K1 Activity, walking an animal
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Happy New Year

Welter Healthcare Partners would like to wish you a Happy New Year! As 2019 comes to a close, we are thrilled to see what 2020 has to offer. The past year has been a tremendous success, with the celebration of our 25th Anniversary and having fantastic clients to work with. nnWe wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!

Happy Holidays from Welter Healthcare Partners!

The Welter Healthcare Partners Family would like to wish you a Happy Holidays! As we spend time with family and friends, we would like to say thank you to our awesome clients and those who support and appreciate the work that we do. In observance of the holiday, Welter Healthcare Partners will be closed on December 25th to spend the holidays with our loved ones. nnIt has been a wonderful year with all of you!

Holiday Drama Codes

Seasons Greetings! The holidays are a time filled with love and laughter as we spend time with the ones closest to us. So while you’re out at family get together’s or running to the shops for the last-minute gifts here are a few codes to watch out for. Read below for some of the important codes to know!n

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  • Y93.G – Activities involving food preparation, cooking and grilling
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  • Y93.D – Activities involving arts and handcrafts
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  • Z62.891 – Sibling rivalry
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  • Z63.1 – Problems in relationship with in-laws
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  • Z72.820 – Sleep deprivation
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  • F43.8 – Emotional stress
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nJust to name a few. So stay safe and healthy this holiday season.

Funding Deal Blocks Trump ObamaCare Moves, Repeals Health Taxes

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nnThe government funding deal that is set to pass this week will block President Trump from taking major actions against ObamaCare. There will also be some notable changes on the bill which include raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21. There also some major wins for medical insurance companies. Read below to find out more information!nnThe government funding deal poised to pass Congress this week would block President Trump from taking major actions to “sabotage” ObamaCare and would fully repeal three taxes in the health care law, according to a senior House Democratic aide.nnThe bipartisan deal would prevent Trump from taking what Democrats called “sabotage nuclear options” against ObamaCare. Specifically, that means the law will prevent Trump from unilaterally ending a workaround called “silver-loading,” which helps insurers compensate for the loss of key ObamaCare payments and has the effect of giving greater financial assistance to many ObamaCare enrollees.nnDemocrats had been worried Trump could end the practice in a bid to cause harm to the law. In addition, the deal will prevent Trump from ending automatic re-enrollment in ObamaCare plans, whereby if enrollees do not actively choose a new health insurance plan for the new year, they are automatically reenrolled to their current plan.nnOn a separate front on ObamaCare, the spending deal repeals three major taxes that had helped fund the law’s coverage expansion. The deal will repeal a 40 percent tax on generous “Cadillac” health plans, the 2.3 percent medical device tax and the health insurance tax.nnThose are major wins for the health insurance and medical device industries, which had long lobbied to lift those taxes. The Cadillac tax, in addition to providing about $200 billion in funding over 10 years, had been intended to help lower health care spending by incentivizing employers to lower costs to avoid hitting the tax. But the idea was opposed by unions and employers who did not want their health insurance plans taxed, setting up a broad bipartisan coalition against the idea.nnThe deal notably does not include a bipartisan measure to protect patients from surprise medical bills, despite a push from backers. That measure is mired in internal fighting among lawmakers and fierce lobbying by doctors and hospitals.nnThere are also not any major provisions included that would lower drug prices.nnHouse Democratic leaders are hoping there will be another chance to enact those priorities early next year, given that the deal sets up a May 22 deadline for renewing a range of expiring health programs like community health center funding. That deadline will create another must-pass health care bill that Democrats hope can include drug pricing and surprise billing measures.nnThe deal does include one relatively small bill to lower drug prices, called the Creates Act, which cracks down on drug companies gaming the system to delay the introduction of cheaper generic competitors.nnThe measure also raises the legal age to purchase tobacco to 21.nnDrug pricing advocates had fought for years to pass the bill, which was long opposed by the pharmaceutical industry. It is a sign of at least a small shift in the drug pricing debate that the measure is now passing.nn

nOriginal article published on thehill.comnn

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