Potential patients, referral sources, and others could be swayed by two recent studies pointing to groups of agencies perform better. Nonprofit study: Rand Corp. researchers analyzed Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospice Survey data from 653,208 caregiver [...]
Learn from the biggest breaches of 2017. From new Conditions of Participation to billing snafus to medical review threats under the Targeted Probe & Educate program, home care and hospice providers have a lot on their plates. That's why it [...]
Here is a breakdown of the biggest losses of ePHI. HIPAA privacy has been at the forefront of healthcare compliance for a long time, and for the most part, data shows that practices understand HIPAA privacy. However, as fears about [...]
Don't let claims reconciliation neglect rob you of your rightful reimbursement. If you've been letting your software handle your OASIS matching string without much thought, you'd better change your ways. Another prospective payment system glitch recently brought to light shows [...]
Figure out your acuity factor so you can compare apples to apples If HIPAA has become a source of pain for medical practices, then benchmarking should be a source of pleasure. But because your practice doesn't perform every procedure on [...]
