In support of goal one — build and launch one new program annually —  Deborah Smith has taken the lead on the following projects:  Telehealth v2.0 and Medicare Advantage 4.0.   In support of the Telehealth v2.0 program, Deborah revised the standards based on beta testing and emerging industry feedback.  The scope and scale of the changes has essentially categorized Telehealth as a new product offering.  Telehealth will be ready in early January 2018.

Last month, I addressed The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)’s Privacy Rule. In addition to the Privacy Rule, Congress mandated through HIPAA that the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) publish regulations --The Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (the Security Rule)  which establishes a national set of security standards for protecting certain health information that is held or transferred in electronic form.

The 2017 Annual Performance Reviews are available on Paylocity under the Talent Tab.  Here is some important information.

The Monthly Review spotlights a different URACer each month in a Q&A. This month it's Moshe-Bear Prigal , who has been with URAC since March of this year.