Relias

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Though the benefits are clear, many home health and hospice agencies struggle to optimize coordination. While the plan of care is always the number one area for citations, care coordination consistently ranks right up there,” said SimiTree Compliance Senior Manager Sheila Salisbury-Sizemore. Increased scrutiny in hospices.

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Hospice Interdisciplinary Team Follow-Up Documentation 52

We Care Online

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

While your work experience section is typically the most important part of the document, adding volunteer experience in your resume can help you plug gaps in your work experience and include skills that would otherwise be missing. Voluntary positions can be a useful way of showcasing these skills and in particular soft, transferable skills.

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Transfers Hospice Follow-Up Teamwork 57

Relias

APRIL 10, 2025

The CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule outlined a framework that healthcare providers and suppliers must follow to participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs. Track and document compliance activities. What is the CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule? Conduct gap analyses against CMS requirements and industry best practices.

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Tests Best Practices Communication Long Term Care 52

Relias

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The report is available for the following facilities: Skilled nursing facilities. This information is critical for targeted training for staff who need to skill up in this area. Your work may uncover specific care providers who may need additional education and training to improve documentation and reduce associated risk,” she said.

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Acute Care Interdisciplinary Team Billing Hospice 52

The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 27, 2025

OCR stepped up enforcement of compliance with the HIPAA Rules in 2016, more than doubling the number of financial penalties imposed. The following three years saw similar numbers of financial penalties; however, there was another major increase in HIPAA fines in 2020 when 19 HIPAA violation cases were settled with OCR.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 30, 2023

In her mid-70s, at a routine appointment, she mentioned an episode of vomiting followed by transient loss of consciousness. SV was a patient who kept me up at night for the better part of 18 months. My work up was extensive including imaging, blood tests, and biopsies. Did I miss something complicated? Then, everything changed.

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Accepted Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

We can look up stuff. If it’s just facts, we can look them up. But I would assume that the scores on the step two should go up. So how do you treat the sick patient who ends up in your hospital and you don’t have the super-duper whatever it is? [12:28] Takes about 45 minutes, and then they write up a report.

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