- Licensure for Medical Corporations, Limited Liability Companies and Professional Service Corporations
December 2018 - Medical corporations, limited liability companies and professional service corporations must be licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), Division of Professional Regulation, separately from a physician’s individual medical license and controlled substance license(s).
- Federation of State Medical Boards Guidelines for the Chronic Use of Opioid Analgesics
September 2018 - Illinois Governor Rauner issued an Executive Order in August 2017 directing the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) to establish opioid prescribing guidelines for physicians. Later that year, IDFPR proposed to incorporate the Guidelines for the Chronic Use of Opioid Analgesics issued by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) by reference into its medical disciplinary proceedings rules.
- The Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program
March 2018 - The PMP is an electronic database that collects
information on Schedule II, III, IV, and V controlled
substance prescriptions. This prescription data is
reported to the PMP database on a daily basis by retail
pharmacies dispensing in Illinois.
- Modifier -25: Billing separately identifiable E/M services at the same encounter as a minor procedure
March 2018 - The purpose of this Issue Brief
is to provide information to assist physicians in understanding how
to properly code and document evaluation and management (E/M)
services provided on the same day as a procedure.
- Combating Prescription Drug Misuse and Abuse: Physician and Patient Roles and Responsibilities for Disposal of Unused Medications
March 2018 - As the country grapples with an opioid epidemic, a frontline of this battle is preventing unused medications from getting into the hands of those who might misuse them. Appropriate disposal of unused medications is paramount for success in this area; however, it is also important to dispose of these medications without
harming the environment or others.
- Privacy Protection in the Digital Age: The Threat Posed by Ransomware
March 2018 - The modern privacy era in health care began with
the passage of the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) in 1996. During the past
two decades, HIPAA has changed significantly through
legislative and rule-making processes, with the bulk of
those efforts focused on protection of patient’s personal
information. Physicians, health centers and hospitals
are often on the front lines of those efforts, spending
significant time, resources and money to comply with
procedures required by the Department of Health and
Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR).
- 'Incident To' Explained
January 2018 - "Incident to" refers to professional services that are provided by a non-physician (e.g. advanced practice
registered nurses, physician assistants, or psychologists), but are billed by a physician supervising the
services as if the physician provided the service in its entirety – in other words, the services were provided
incident to the physician’s own provision of care.
- Telemedicine Principles
January 2018 - Various telemedicine technologies have been available for over 40 years, but interest in and demand for telemedicine services are increasing. Telemedicine is growing in popularity because of its potential to increase access to care, lower costs, and make certain types of medical visits more convenient for patients.