The idea of value-based purchasing may not be as trendy in policy circles as it once was, but that doesn’t mean you couldn’t find yourself under the Home Health VBP system sooner than you think. The Centers for Medicare & [...]
Rule out some specific types before you jump over to ‘other’ seizures. Not able to categorize epilepsy? Currently, you’ll submit your claim with ‘Other forms of epilepsy’ or ‘unspecified epilepsy,’ depending upon your neurologist’s documentation. ICD-10 offers you an advantage [...]
Voluntary reporting program will be less complicated, notes ACPSince Congress failed to pass a final budget for 2006 before it recessed for the year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had no choice but to go ahead with the [...]
These care strategies can turn around even persistent cases.Talk about a tough nursing problem: Residents with bowel incontinence and chronic diarrhea. While these individuals require almost constant hygiene care to prevent skin breakdown, a careful assessment may hold the answers [...]
The following bills were introduced in the House: H.R. 712. A bill to require the establishment of regional consumer price indices to compute cost-of-living increases under the programs for Social Security and Medicare and other medical benefits under titles II [...]
