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4 Hospice Compliance Hotspots You Must Watch

Monday, February 8, 2010

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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.…

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4 Tips Keep Your Hospice Claims Compliant in 2010

Monday, January 11, 2010

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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…

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Health Care Referrals: Avoid Holiday Gift-Giving Landmines With These 7 Steps

Monday, November 23, 2009

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Santa? A whistleblower? Writing this message on a gift card could cause your very own Compliance Nightmare before Christmas. The holidays can present one of the biggest compliance hazards to health care…

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Does Our Hospice Outreach & Marketing Violate Anti-Kickback?

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

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Question: Our health system has hospice, and the marketing and sales folks reach out to referral sources like home health agencies and nursing homes. How do we know when these outreach efforts cross the compliance line? Answer: Stepping up to…

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