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Health Reform Law Offers Hospices a Mixed Bag
$10M cut in Medicare reimbursements may trigger reduced services. Asbestosis Despite the hard-hitting $10 million decrease in Medicare reimbursements this year, hospice and palliative care facilities cling to the recently passed health care reform act for some hope. PPACA reduced…
Continue reading...Top 3 Common Compliance Mistakes Hospices Make
Monday, March 22, 2010
Your hospice should already have a compliance plan with 8 elements, developed in accordance with the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines: Written standards of conduct and written policies & procedures A Compliance Team Education and training Effective lines of communication Disciplinary…
Continue reading...Audits: RACs Pile On More Home Care Review Topics
Monday, March 1, 2010
Think the Recovery Audit Contractors are sticking to big-money providers? Think again. Medicare’s audit bounty hunters may not yet have specified home health agency or hospice topics for review, but that doesn’t mean you have nothing to worry about from…
Continue reading...4 Hospice Compliance Hotspots You Must Watch
Monday, February 8, 2010
Take special care in hospice/nursing home arrangements. The OIG has hospice agencies in its sites with over two dozen areas on its watch list. Tighten up your compliance plan to make sure your compliance plan is covering all the bases.…
Continue reading...4 Tips Keep Your Hospice Claims Compliant in 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Does your hospice have the ‘right stuff’ to ace compliance in 2010? The coming year will be as difficult as any the hospice industry has ever faced from a regulation and compliance perspective, the experts lament. Are you ready for…
Continue reading...OIG Investigates DME More Than Any Other Provider Type
Monday, December 14, 2009
Watchdog agency shines spotlight on HHAs, hospices as well. In an environment of increased scrutiny for Medicare fraud and abuse, home care providers are taking center stage. The HHS Office of Inspector General investigated durable medical equipment suppliers more than…
Continue reading...OIG Report Cites Care-Plan Related Problems for Nursing Home Hospice Patients
Monday, December 7, 2009
One key strategy can protect your facility’s survey record. If a recent OIG report about hospice nursing home patients isn’t on your facility’s radar screen, your staff may be missing an important risk management opportunity. OIG Memorandum Report, “
Continue reading...8 Compliance Tips for Health Care Joint Ventures
Monday, November 30, 2009
Photo: German Federal Archives, Wikimedia Commons Nursing home/hospice ventures prove especially tricky. Pooling resources with a nursing home or other provider to create a new hospice venture might seem like a great…
Continue reading...FERA Expands FCA Liability to Subcontractors
Monday, October 26, 2009
Find out why the feds are looking even harder at HHA & hospice therapy services. As if worrying about compliance with the False Claims Act wasn’t enough: As part of the follow-on to the 2009 stimulus package,…
Continue reading...What To Do When Your Competitor Threatens to Blow the Whistle
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Wikipedia photographer: Jarrett Campbell of Cary, NC Plus, 4 steps that protect you from whistleblowing competitors Quick. Think ‘whistleblower’ and ‘qui tam.’ Bet you think…
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Monday, May 17, 2010
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