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What is Hospice? Hospice care focuses on improving the quality of life for persons and their families faced with a life-limiting illness. The primary goals of hospice care are to provide comfort, relieve physical, emotional, and spiritual suffering, and promote the...
Oh, hello #Flu, you're a little early this year: sick.io/ksxfm — Sickweather (@sickweather) October 19, 2012 The tweet above was sent out by a very interesting start up named Sickweather on October 19th of last year. Sickweather analyzes data from Twitter and...
I have a saying about management that I try and keep front and center in my mind whenever I interact with employees. "There are two things you should never mess with: a person's paycheck, and a person's time off." If you heard a lot of noise from your staff when they...
I had a very illuminating conversation with my son Abraham the other day. It happens a lot. It's one of the reasons we went into business together - we illuminate each other! Abe said "Googling is such an underrated skill." I thought about how easy Googling* is....
Too often in the rush to upgrade to the newest technology, one basic question that goes unanswered is: "Why are we doing this?" Because of the ARRA (or "stimulus") money available to eligible providers, a lot of offices have started or have accelerated plans to...
With the first full workweek of the new year upon us, it's a great time to take a look ahead at some of the big dates in 2013. For medical managers, this is the perfect time to look at key dates for the year. If you have a favorite wall or desk calendar (or just...
Chapter 12 of the "Medicare Claims Processing Manual" (Medicare Billing Bible) is about to change to reflect deleted and/or corrected information as it relates to Claims Processing Instructions for Non-Physician Practitioners (NPPs), i.e., Physicians Assistants...
Mary Pat: For the past 7 months, I've had the great pleasure of working as Interim Director of Coding for Marta de la Torre at Steward Medical Group, a mega group of 700 physicians and mid-level providers associated with 12 hospitals in Eastern Massachusetts. I...
We can think of no better way to start the New Year than with the words of our friend Bob Cooper. Bob is the voice of sanity in the crazy world of management. We wish all our readers a Happy New Year and look forward to spending 2013 with you! ***** Think about the...
In late November, the Department of Health and Human Services published its proposed rules that outline how the insurance market will operate starting in 2014. The rules mean consumers will have access to the information they need to make informed decisions about...
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