Supreme Court's Health Reform Decision: What You Need To Know About The Future
Discover what the Supreme Court's decision concerning the Affordable Care Act? will mean for you! Do you know what the Supreme Court’s decision concerning the Affordable Care Act will mean for you?...
View ArticleIntroduction to ICD-10-CM For Home Health
Get Up-To-Speed On The ICD-10 Transition Though it has been proposed to postpone ICD-10 until October 1. 2014, it is still coming! There are things that should be done now to help prepare for this...
View ArticleLaptops, Portables, and HIPAA Breaches
Avoid Sounding the Alarm by Adopting These Top Portable Device Security Strategies The adoption of new, portable information technologies is revolutionizing the provision and documentation of health...
View ArticleThe Keys to Coding Complications and Late Effects
Don’t Get Disoriented: Make Sense Of Complications & Late-Effect Coding !! Over the years, the number of codes related to complications and late effects associated with health care conditions have...
View ArticleHIPAA Security Rule Compliance: More Important Than Ever
Compliance With The Security Rule Has Been Required Since 2005, Many Entities Have Not Undertaken The Effort Necessary To Be In Compliance. Are You Among them? The HIPAA Security Rule has become a new...
View ArticleERISA: Hold Tight to Your Revenue with These Vital Basics
What You Don't Know About ERISA Could Be Costing Your Organization Big Bucks! Get expert tips to boost your claims payment success. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) opens the door...
View ArticleHealth Information and Financial Institutions: What Are the Requirements for...
Let’s Examine The HIPAA Regulations And The HITECH Act Modifications And How They Impact Financial Institutions! The passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health...
View ArticleMastering Neuro 1 ICD-9-CM Codes
Bone Up On Coding Neurological Conditions Affecting The Brain And Spinal Cord. Neuro I codes are one of the special case mix categories of ICD-9 codes that are subject to the special CMS rule to...
View ArticleCoding and Billing for Mid-Level Providers
Understand The Rules And Avoid Possible Fraudulent Billing For Your Mid-Level Practitioners Incident to billing is a target area in the OIG Work plan. Is your practice ready to withstand an Audit in...
View Article2013 Home Health PPS Final Rule Review
Changes Are In Store For Home Health PPS – Know The Final Rule For FY 2013 This year, Medicare’s prospective payment system final rule holds some major changes for home health agencies. From...
View ArticleHIPAA Privacy Policies and Procedures - The Foundation for Training,...
Reviewing HIPAA Privacy Rule And Procedures. Are You Prepared For The Changes ?? HIPAA Privacy Rule has been under changes; penalties for violations have significantly increased, audits of compliance...
View ArticlePatient Safety Through Improved Communication
Poor Communication Has A Devastating Impact On Patient Safety: Learn Top Communication Strategies To Effectively Decrease Medical Errors. In addition to loss of life and injury, medical errors place a...
View ArticleHIPAA and BYOD -Understanding The Security Needs Of Your Electronic Device
Struggling To Keep Up With The Security Needs Of Electronic Devices? Healthcare today runs more and more on information that is accessed electronically, and many healthcare professionals are using...
View ArticleICD 10-CM: Transition Strategies for Home Health Agencies
Do Not Underestimate The Impact Of ICD-10-CM Transition On Your Organization! Being Unprepared Will Have Significant Consequences For Your Agency. The key to a successful ICD-10 transition is timely...
View ArticleNew Rules for HIPAA and Business Associates
New Regulation For Business Associates Of HIPAA Covered Entities. HIPAA Business Associates are now covered directly under the Privacy Rule’s use and disclosure limitations. Therefore, the Security...
View ArticleFace-to-Face requirements for home health agencies: Lessons learned since...
Get a complete Know-How, about one of the most widely misunderstood rule, which results in numerous fraud and violation cases every year The face to face requirement for home health and hospice was one...
View ArticleHIPAA Privacy Rule Amendments, Audits & Penalties - New Push for Compliance
The Health and Human Services (HHS) is currently implementing audits to meet requirements in the HITECH Act in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for performing periodic audits...
View ArticleMedicare Regulations on Payments under New MSP Standards & Refund Rule to...
CMS recently clarified when it will make payments in the situation where the liability or Worker’s Compensation insurers don’t promptly pay the claims. However, at the same time, Medicare added more...
View ArticleCoding and Billing for Mid-Level Providers
Understand The Rules And Avoid Possible Fraudulent Billing For Your Mid-Level Practitioners Incident to billing is a target area in the OIG Work plan. Is your practice ready to withstand an Audit in...
View ArticleHIPAA Compliance 101 - Fundamental principles and changes for HITECH
Get Your HIPAA Compliance Plan in Order With These Strategies You may know HIPAA regulations apply to a wide variety of healthcare entities and their business associates and that non-compliance carries...
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