Home Health & Hospice Week
Obama Nominates Former Nurse For CMS Top Spot
New leadership for CMS is on deck for 2012. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Donald Berwick has announced his resignation. Berwick faced stiff opposition from the Republicans for a permanent appointment. The Obama administration has nominated Berwick's top deputy, Marilyn Tavenner, for the position. Tavenner is a nurse who was Virginia's top health official before joining CMS. Tavenner is so far enjoying wide-ranging endorsements from the likes of the American Medical Association and former George W. Bush-era CMS Administrator Tom Scully. However, Tavenner's $23,500 in political contributions from 1998 to 2011 -- more than the last five CMS administrators combined -- is raising eyebrows, notes the Politico newspaper.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Documentation:
Use These 5 Guidelines For Audit-Proof Record Corrections
Documentation clarifications can be a big help -- if you use them wisely. With the plethora [...] - Medical Review:
Avoid Late Entry Red Flags
When does a clarification hurt instead of help? If you correct or add to every [...] - HIPAA:
Providers Get A Breather On 5010 Until March
Evaluate your options for 5010 compliance. Sweating over the fact that your 5010 standard won't [...] - Billing:
Know The Rules For 5010 Address Field
Warning: Your contractor could be issuing incorrect information. If you're sticking to your guns and [...] - Budget:
One Budget Threat Down, One To Go
Don't count a copay out yet. Many home care providers gave thanks when the so-called [...] - Industry Note:
OIG Hits Therapy, Supplies In New Report To Congress
Not surprisingly, hospice-nursing home relationships also are on the watchdog agency's hit list. You can [...] - Industry Note:
Obama Nominates Former Nurse For CMS Top Spot
New leadership for CMS is on deck for 2012. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [...] - Industry Note:
New Report Gives Advice On Boosting Your Outcomes
Are you looking for ideas to reduce your hospitalization numbers? If so, tune into a [...] - Industry Note:
Benchmark Your Hospice LOS With These Stats
Wondering how your hospice average length of stay stats fit in with your peers? Now [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Changes Listing Format For Ordering Physician File
You may have to tweak your procedures for checking whether your referring physicians are in [...] - Industry Note:
Help SNFs Code Hospice On MDS With These Tips
If you're a hospice provider serving nursing home patients, you can help those facilities fill [...] - Industry Note:
New Study: Home Care Boosts Outcomes, Cuts Costs
A new study may help sway policy- and lawmakers toward boosting home care. Findings from [...] - Industry Note:
Gentiva Expects 'Difficult Reimbursement' Time Ahead
News of debt restructuring has sent stock prices for Gentiva Health Services Inc. up. The [...] - Industry Note:
Maxim Staff Draw Jail Time, Home Confinement For Fraud
Even if you aren't the brains of a large scale fraud scheme, you can still [...]
