Healthcare It News

MAY 13, 2024

"We're back to the documentation methods that we moved away from 20 years ago," said Gavin Rice, an imaging professional at Saint Francis Hospital in Milwaukee and a member of the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, ABC's WISN reported Friday.

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Medisys Compliance

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) billing compliance is a critical aspect of healthcare revenue cycle management, ensuring accurate reimbursement and adherence to Medicare regulations. As healthcare providers navigate the complexities of SNF billing, maintaining compliance is essential to avoid penalties, denials, and financial losses.

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Healthicity

MAY 23, 2023

Depression and psychiatric conditions are relatively common in the elderly and nursing home residents. However, compliance professionals need to be aware of proper medical necessity, coding, and documentation when it comes to providing psychotherapy services for nursing home residents.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

This team is responsible for regulatory compliance, submitting and advising on telemedicine initiatives, education and training, selection of telemedicine technology, quality control, oversight, and user support. We are one of the first pediatric health systems to go live with what the telemedicine industry has chosen to call virtual nursing.

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Compliancy Group

JULY 22, 2024

Nursing policies and procedures are often updated and reviewed annually, which is why continuous training is needed for clinical staff. Hospital policies and procedures for nursing present a variety of barriers to efficient tracking, including resource limitations, insufficient time, and inefficient management.

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MedTrainer

JUNE 5, 2023

Regulatory agencies are doing everything they can to fight back against America’s opioid crisis, which includes additional requirements for Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act compliance. Here are ways to maintain MATE Act compliance for your practice or organization: 1.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 11, 2020

" Nurses can complete patient intake through the EHR and then initiate a so-called virtual handoff to practitioners. “I have been using athenaTelehealth exclusively in my family medicine practice for several weeks now,” said Dr. Dillon Miller, a Blue Ridge, Georgia-based physician, in a statement. ON THE RECORD.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Ali Morin, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at symplr As technological innovations, AI and challenges in healthcare continue to grow, it’s imperative for healthcare leaders – especially clinical ones – to be digitally competent and step into the forefront of change with skills and expertise to support a better future.

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Compliancy Group

JUNE 27, 2024

Completing compliance incident reports is crucial to reducing the number of accidents in the future and understanding why they occur. Understanding what incidents need reporting and how to complete an incident report can help providers, compliance officers, and other personnel maintain the highest safety standards.

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Compliancy Group

MARCH 18, 2024

The demands on nurses today are impossible to ignore. Many issues, including the critical nursing shortage, have been simmering in the background for decades, only to be exacerbated by recent events. We’ll explore various aspects of compliance in nursing and how to ensure staff compliance.

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Healthcare Blog

AUGUST 23, 2023

It is critical for an organization to have strategies for promoting ethical behavior in healthcare compliance. Strategies Healthcare Organizations Can Use to Promote Ethical Behavior in Compliance Ensuring ethical practices in healthcare compliance is essential to corporate health and the integrity of your organization.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

In 2023, nursing homes have seen increased citations by surveyors for noncompliance tied to their pre-dispute, binding agreements for binding arbitration with their residents. When used appropriately, these agreements can streamline conflict resolution processes, but operators must tread carefully to ensure compliance with the regulations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 16, 2021

" The patient is trained on use of the blood pressure device by a nurse before discharge from the hospital. The nurse records blood pressure on both the home monitoring device and the hospital device to confirm accuracy. Women report a mean of 20.3 (SD blood pressure values through the program.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 4, 2023

"This was generally used for retired clinical nurses or others who had the time and desire to sit next to a patient," he continued. When that happened, we would generally have to re-assign an even more critical individual, such as a nurse or a patient care technician, to help protect that patient. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Nurses Telemedicine Compliance 151

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

“This entailed making a video visit solution available, creating workflows, and establishing billing and compliant documentation, as well as delivering all-encompassing education.” Documentation and billing still were to be completed within the EHR.” Visitors are not allowed in the hospital.).

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Med-Net Compliance

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

A large long-term care facility located in Vermont violated federal law by allowing black nurses and nurse assistants to be subjected to ongoing and egregious racial harassment, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit. Stress the importance of nonretaliation.

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MedTrainer

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Nurses are on the front line of most healthcare events. So when incidents happen, a nurse may be directly or indirectly involved in reporting the event. But what is an incident report in nursing? An incident report is a formal document that records any unforeseen or adverse events occurring within a healthcare facility.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The AI actively guides conversations, ensuring compliance. A promising trend emerging in health IT for 2024 is the integration of automation tailored for ambient documentation creation. This technology facilitates the capture of clinical documentation during most patient engagements.

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AIHC

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Celebrating the Healthcare Compliance Officer The American Institute of Healthcare Compliance is recognizing healthcare Compliance Officers – hats off to you! The primary goal of a compliance officer is to mitigate risk. This involves investigating complaints and conducting internal auditing and monitoring for compliance.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Our employee health team is responsible for taking care of the physicians, nurses, and other medical professionals and staff members who in turn take care of our patients. They rapidly configured their software to document COVID vaccine injections, and one of our nurses received the first shot.

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Med-Net Compliance

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

On November 3, 2022, the OIG released the results of a recent inspection of a nursing home by the Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General Audit and Inspections Division (OIG Inspections). OIG inspectors recommended the facility develop a process to collect this data and post the information as required.

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 27, 2022

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, the psychologist caused the submission of fraudulent Medicare claims from July 2016 through June 2019 for psychotherapy services purportedly provided to nursing home residents in Chicago and surrounding areas.

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Verisys

JANUARY 8, 2024

Compliance with the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is not just best practice but a legal requirements not just best practice but a legal requirement. Learn more about OIG Compliance here. The General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) is a central part of these initiatives.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 30, 2021

" "After hours and on weekends, the Virtual Care Center acts as a triaging nurse to Trinity's home care and hospice patients across the U.S., "Also, after hours and on weekends, the Virtual Care Center acts as a triaging nurse to Trinity's home care and hospice patients across the U.S.,

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 19, 2024

Medicare providers in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are adjusting to new split/shared services documentation and billing regulations rolled out by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as part of the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 29, 2024

The National Nurses United released data that showed 19 percent of nurses changed or left their jobs in 2023 due to workplace violence specifically, and 37 percent considered leaving the profession entirely. The average hospital turnover rate was documented at 21 percent, and the cost per RN turnover was $56,300 – a 7.5

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Med-Net Compliance

AUGUST 16, 2022

Five individuals and two for-profit skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in Pennsylvania were indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and related healthcare fraud charges. Also review your policies and procedures for accurate billing that is supported by documentation detailing provision of services.

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Med-Net Compliance

AUGUST 3, 2022

A Pennsylvania nursing home will pay $819,640 to settle claims that it provided medically unnecessary rehabilitation therapy to residents to maximize revenue, and without prioritizing clinical needs. Document that these trainings occurred, and file the signed documents in each employee’s education file.

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

One of the biggest challenges in managing healthcare compliance in Alaska is the state’s vast size and remote geography. To effectively manage compliance in Alaska, healthcare organizations need to stay up-to-date on both the state and federal regulations with a solid compliance program in place.

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Med-Net Compliance

AUGUST 18, 2022

An Indiana provider of skilled nursing and long-term care services has agreed to pay $5,591,044.66 Discussion Points: Review your policies and procedures for operating an effective compliance and ethics program to ensure that identifying and reporting of false claims is included. The post Nursing Home Provider to Pay over $5.5M

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Med-Net Compliance

AUGUST 9, 2022

An Illinois nursing home was named in a lawsuit alleging the staff’s negligence resulted in a resident’s fall. According to the lawsuit, when the resident was admitted to the nursing home, the staff were told that she was at risk for falls, had dementia, and was almost completely blind. The lawsuit alleges that at 1:45 a.m.

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MedTrainer

JANUARY 12, 2024

HIPAA compliance is a fundamental aspect of healthcare operations in the United States, playing a pivotal role in safeguarding patient privacy and data security. How does HIPAA compliance affect healthcare facilities? What is Healthcare Compliance?

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Health Law RX

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (the OIG) recently released an updated General Compliance Program Guidance document (GCPG). The GCPG discusses general compliance risks and compliance considerations. The GCPG discusses general compliance risks and compliance considerations.

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Responsible healthcare providers and compliance professionals in each state of the United States must follow specific regulations, and achieving healthcare compliance in Kentucky is no exception. Regulations Unique to Kentucky To meet the standards of healthcare compliance in Kentucky , there are a few additional regulations.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 25, 2023

As part of the sepsis project, HCA worked to streamline nurse documentation because some of the information needed for sepsis detection was collected manually by nurses. We did everything to help reduce the burden on our nurses,” said Dr. “We did everything to help reduce the burden on our nurses,” said Dr. Jirjis.

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Managing healthcare compliance in Wyoming is shaped by the state’s rural character and limited population. Maintaining healthcare compliance in Wyoming requires a thorough understanding of the state’s specific healthcare regulations and a commitment to ethical and legal healthcare practices.

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Compliancy Group

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Office of Inspector General (OIG) enforces the General Compliance Program Guidance. This comprehensive document governs patient care, worker safety, and privacy and confidentiality of protected health information (PHI). Compliance officers have access to more information about their responsibilities and roles.

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