Information Resource Links
WakeMed employees can find valuable information pertaining to WakeMed’s integrity & compliance efforts at any of the following government or professional websites:
Government Resources
Department of Health & Human Services
- Health Information Privacy – Offers information on civil rights, HIPAA and patient responsibility.
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Office of Inspector General (OIG)
- OIG Work Plan - The OIG Work Plan highlights projects underway or planned by OIG’s Office of Audit Services and Office of Evaluation and Inspections.
- Federal Register Guidance for Hospitals – This Federal Register notice sets forth compliance program guidance for hospitals.
- OIG Exclusion Program – Search the database to see if individuals or entities are excluded from providing health care services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- CMS's Medicare Program - General information on the Medicare health insurance program.
- CMS Program Transmittals/Change Requests – Transmittals are used to communicate new or changed policies or procedures that are added to the CMS Online Manual System.
- CMS Quarterly Provider Update – This update highlights regulations and major policies completed or cancelled and new/revised manual instructions.
- CMS MedLearn Matters – The website contains articles that explain national Medicare policies in easy-to-understand language.
- National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) – Access updates and pdfs to Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment Systems (OPPS).
Professional Resources
American Health Information Management Association – Professional association dedicated to providing industry resources on coding and documentation practices.
Federal Register – The Code of Federal Regulations annual edition includes the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the government departments and agencies
- Electronic Code of Federal Regulations – View the non-official, electronic edition of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Health Care Financial Management Association – A professional association dedicated to providing information on health care finance, industry insight and information.
NC Part A Intermediary – A vendor-based website offered as an educational resource for Medicare contracts.
AHRQ Patient Safety indicators – A Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) offer information on potential in hospital complications and adverse events following surgeries, procedures, and childbirth.