Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Note:
Tap New OASIS Training
Published on Thu Oct 18, 2012
Check out new OASIS-C training modules at http://surveyortraining.cms.hhs.gov/pubs/ProviderTraining.aspx. The new sessions join existing courses to offer education on pressure ulcers, wounds, the neuro/emotional/behavioral domain, medications, and care planning and interventions.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Fraud & Abuse:
More Providers' Payments Suspended For Fraud Charges
Will your billing pattern put you on the target list for suspension?Medicare home care fraud [...] - Enforcement:
Feds Indict Fraudsters In Hot Spots Nationwide
HHAs with patients from indicted doc see no suspensions -- yet.Legitimate home care providers are paying [...] - Know Your Facts:
These Stats Keep You On Investigators' Radar
Number of HHA subjects investigated skyrocketed 125 percent in five years.Federal investigators are using statistics [...] - HIPAA:
Even CMS Accidentally Breaches Patient Privacy Sometimes
OIG investigates CMS's ability -- or lack of -- to keep benes' PHI private.Maintaining the privacy of [...] - Patient Privacy:
Follow These 6 Tips To Sidestep HIPAA Notice Costs
Avoid spending thousands to clean up HIPAA compliance issues.How would your home care agency handle [...] - Industry Note:
Here's Another Reminder To Check The OIG Exclusion List
Kansas provider pays up for employing excluded individual.You should have lots of good reasons for [...] - Industry Note:
MAC Shoots Down Common F2F Documentation Phrase
Think your docs' face-to-face documentation can slide by with a simple statement, "taxing effort," for [...] - Industry Note:
Provider Pays $1.5M HIPAA Fine Over Laptop
Remember, criminals don't have to actually use your patients' private health information for you to [...] - Industry Note:
CMS Ups Readmission Penalties For 1,420 Hospitals
Hospitals that refer patients to you now might have an even more compelling reason to [...] - Industry Note:
Tap New OASIS Training
Check out new OASIS-C training modules at http://surveyortraining.cms.hhs.gov/pubs/ProviderTraining.aspx. The new sessions join existing courses [...] - Industry Note:
60-Day Notice For PECOS Edits Stands
Physician PECOS edits may be coming your way soon, but CMS still will give you [...] - Industry Note:
Don't Let Venipuncture Confusion Trip Up Coverage
You need to know your coverage ins and outs to figure out whether your patient's [...] - Industry Note:
Stick To ADR Deadlines
If you dawdle on responding to ADRs, you're putting your own cash flow at risk. [...] - Industry Note:
Chain Pares MCO Biz
Home care chain Amedisys Inc. has changed its service agreement with Humana Inc. The change [...] - Industry Note:
Pneumococcal Vaccine May Get More Effective For Elderly
Your patients may receive better protection against pneumonia in the future, depending on the outcome [...]
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