Small practices lack support personnel for frail elderly patients
Despite recommendations for practices to add support personnel to coordinate the care of their frail elderly patients, few small, independent practices employ such staff, new research found.
Mandates related to pricing, Medicare participation lead hospital concerns over healthcare IT proposed rules
Hospitals supported many of the transparency goals of two proposed healthcare IT rules, but two areas drew sharp concerns.
How to avoid the devastating consequences of HIPAA noncompliance
The potential costs of being found noncompliant with HIPAA are too great for a healthcare provider organization not to have in place a compliance program designed to help safeguard patients’ protected health information.
An effective healthcare real estate compliance program: critical to health system success
Physician real estate agreements are an important focus of a compliance strategy.
5 steps to becoming HIPAA compliant
Healthcare organizations that qualify as HIPAA covered entities should take five steps when developing a compliance program designed to meet their obligation under HIPAA to safeguard patients’ protected health information.
Signs and symptoms to watch for in evolving compliance areas
Five evolving areas for compliance require attention from a hospital’s or health system’s compliance program: quality of care, patient abuse, quality reporting, emergency preparedness and case management.
The ROI of HIPAA Compliance
Marty Puranik describes the financial benefits of compliance.
Anti-Fraud Overhaul ‘Sprint’ Coming
Jan. 30—In 2019, the Trump administration plans to implement regulatory overhauls of several administrative barriers to the proliferation of value-based payment, according to a senior administration official.
Readmissions Penalty Program May Be Having Little Effect
Jan. 9—Medicare’s $500 million readmissions penalty program may have cut readmissions by only half as much as the half-million that previously was estimated—or not cut them at all, according to new research.
RAC Recoveries Increase, as Problems Persist
Oct. 12—An update of Medicare’s overpayments recoupment program isn’t giving providers much hope for change in a system they say unfairly takes and holds their money for long periods, if not for good.