The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is considering launching a three-year demonstration in which beneficiaries would need to
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2016 PEPPER Reports: Are You an OUTLIER?
The fourth round of PEPPER (Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report) was recently released for hospice providers. The first
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Provider Based Clinic: The Era of the Extra Payments May Be Coming To an End
Last year, President Barack Obama signed into law a bill—the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA) – that significantly changes
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Almost 46% of nursing facility residents and 21% of seniors living in the community suffers from possible dementia. Dementing illnesses
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LGBT-Friendly: How to Ensure Quality LGBT Patient Care
Jakob Rumble, who identifies himself as a transgender man, sorts treatment at Fairview Southdale Hospital in June 2013. During his
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Understanding CMS’s 60 Day Refund Rule
As a feature of the Affordable Care Act “ACA”, Congress defined the process for providers to return Medicare and Medicaid
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NIST’s New Cybersecurity Guidance will Help Hospitals withstand Hostile Cyberattacks
According to Ronald Ross—NIST fellow— the National Institute of Standards and Technology is all set to deliver new cybersecurity guidance
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NYP Hospital Pays $2.2M HIPAA Settlement for Filming TV Series
The Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reached a $2.2 million settlement with New
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Hospitals Seething over CMS’s Proposal to Recover Overpayments
The hospitals celebration on Medicare pay cut tied to the so-called two-midnight rule was clearly short lived, as they’re now
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6 Key Takeaways from the New Face-to-Face Regulation for Medicaid Home Healthcare Services
On February 2, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a new regulation requiring patients who receive Medicaid
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