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Florida Department of Health Open Data.
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Florida Healthcare Headlines
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Licensing & Regulations - Florida Department of Health.
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Statistics and Data Requests - Florida Department of Health.
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Medical Quality Assurance - Florida Department of Health.
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Florida Department of Health.
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Florida Healthcare Updates
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Background & Context
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When a vendor is a business associate (and when they are not).
A vendor is a business associate if they create, receive, maintain, or transmit PHI on behalf of the covered entity. They are NOT a business associate just because they happen to be in a building with PHI or could conceivably access it. The functional test matters, not the proximity test.
Why It Matters
Forcing BAA execution on vendors who do not meet the functional test creates contractual bloat and weakens the negotiating position with vendors who actually do. Failing to execute BAAs with true business associates exposes the covered entity to OCR enforcement.
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Why prior-auth denials cluster around the same five reasons.
Across most payors, the top-five denial reasons account for over 80% of prior-auth rejections: missing clinical documentation, wrong CPT/HCPCS code, service not in benefit plan, step-therapy not completed, and ordering provider not on the patient's plan. The same five repeat across plans because they are the easiest to deny on automation.
Why It Matters
Practices that build a five-line pre-submission checklist around these reasons typically cut prior-auth denials by 40-60% within a quarter. The fix is process, not appeals capacity.
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How MIPS cost-category math actually works.
The MIPS cost performance category is calculated retrospectively by CMS using attributed Medicare claims; clinicians cannot directly affect what is attributed. The two attribution methods (TPCC and MSPB) capture different beneficiary cohorts. Practices that try to "manage" cost without understanding which patients are attributed to which clinician typically waste effort.
Why It Matters
Cost is now 30% of the MIPS final score — the largest single category. Misunderstanding attribution is the leading cause of unfavorable payment adjustments in the next cycle.
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DateJun 7, 2026
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