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Survey: 77% of Hospices Undergo Multiple Audits Simultaneously

Hospice News

The organizations earlier this year presented their findings , published today, to members of Congress and the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). In addition to those my Medicare Contractors, last year the U.S. Regulatory issues topped providers’ list of concerns, the survey found. “To

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Stoneridge Hospice Owner Rollie Seebert: Hospices Help Address the ‘Demographic Tsunami’

Hospice News

In February that year we got our corporation licenses for a business and in November we became Medicare-certified. I worked in Phoenix at the sheriff’s office from 1976 to 2012. It’s about meeting the Medicare standards and accreditation requirements, whether it’s home health or hospice.

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The Rise of Malpractice Claims Against NPs

Daily Nurse

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. percent of all claims in the 2022 dataset, compared to 13 percent in the 2012 dataset. Family and adult-gerontology primary care have consistently represented the majority of NP claims across 2012, 2017, and 2022 claim report datasets. Are there elements that can’t be explained?

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

In addition to being a palliative and hospice RN, she is the Executive Director for Goodwin Hospice , a large non-profit hospice that added end-of-life doula care to their services in collaboration with Jane and John’s doula organization, Present for You. Jane, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Jane: Thank you for having me. John: Yeah.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: Bad Faith or Incompetence?

Pallimed

This unexpectedly and undesirably increased health insurers’ medication costs, including Medicare and Medicaid (22). Payments For Opioids Shifted Substantially To Public And Private Insurers While Consumer Spending Declined, 1999-2012. 2000 Jul 26;284(4):428 9. doi : 10.1001/jama.284.4.423b. 284.4.423b. Zhou C, Florence CS, Dowell D.

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Annual DDE Recertification Due 9/30 (And Other DDE Pitfalls)

Hospice Law Blog

Many hospices (and other Medicare providers) have found themselves in crisis mode based upon billing employee departures, forgotten passwords, and suspended/deactivated accounts. Medicare does not send reminders; so, providers should set up recurring calendar items and use compliance tools to ensure that logins remain active.

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How To Boost Your Home Health Nursing Orientation For Free

The Productive Home Health Nurse

This is solely due to demand and the availability of Medicare and other funding for home health services. Just to give you an idea of the volume involved, In 2007 there were 9,024 Medicare home health agencies , and by 2017 that number had increased to 11, 593 agencies. billion in 2012. billion in 2001 to $18.3