by Abraham Whaley | Feb 10, 2013 | Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, Finance, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
If you read my alert from August or the followup article on Audit Red Flags to Avoid, you are aware that CMS hired an accounting firm, Figliozzi & Company, to audit the compliance of eligible providers and eligible hospitals that had already received payment under...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jan 22, 2013 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Medical Coding Education, Medicare & Reimbursement
In 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) unveiled a new benefit to address the need for annual care for seniors. It was widely hailed as a wonderful thing for Medicare patients who previously had no preventive care unless they paid out-of-pocket for a...
by Abraham Whaley | Jan 20, 2013 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Medicare & Reimbursement
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...
by Abraham Whaley | Jan 7, 2013 | Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Leadership, The Manager's Minute (Video)
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...
by Abraham Whaley | Dec 11, 2012 | Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, General
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about passwords recently. Be honest – how many of your employees’ desks have login information on a Post-It note taped to them right now? In my experience, probably most. Passwords seem pretty mundane on their face,...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 27, 2012 | Compliance, General, Medicare & Reimbursement
Medicare Signature Requirements The purpose of a rendering/treating/ordering practitioner’s signature in patients’ medical records, operative reports, orders, test findings, etc., is to demonstrate the services have been accurately and fully documented,...
