With so much regulation and scrutiny affecting the hospice industry, it can feel tough for hospice managers to keep their
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Changes to Discharge Plan Requirements Still in the Works at CMS
Proposed adjustments to the Medicare conditions of participation (CoPs) for discharge planning could mean 2018 will be much different for
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Patients seeking treatment for substance abuse are afforded special privacy protections under a rule that went into effect in 2017:
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ABNs Help Podiatrists Put the Right Foot Forward for 2018
With 2018 come more CPT® and HCPCS code updates for podiatry care providers. While these changes and the myriad insurance
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CMS Trying to Reduce Physician Paperwork with 2018 Final Rule
When it comes to the changing healthcare landscape, three common words being thrown about these days are “reduce regulatory burden.”
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HITECH Act’s Success Continues to Be Debated
When the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) became law in 2009, legislators envisioned it as both
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Popularity of Provider-based Clinics Accompanied by New Rules
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in November published its final Medicare physician fee schedule rule for calendar
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Taking Your Data to the Cloud? Navigating HIPAA Requires Caution
Is Amazon’s AWS HIPAA-compliant? That’s a good question with an evolving answer, and a pertinent question, too, since, according to
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Six Top Hot Spots in Hospital Infection Control Compliance
About 715,000 people died in U.S. hospitals in the last year of data, according to the Center for Disease Control’s
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Quick Tips on HIPAA-Compliant Texting with Patients
With all the advances in technology and the seemingly daily addition of dozens of apps, it can be hard to
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