Health Care Performance

JUNE 29, 2022

The new guidance for Phase 3 requirements includes the long-awaited F-Tag F895: Compliance and Ethics Programs. In addition to the surveyor guidance, CMS has posted training on the new compliance guidance for surveyors, and the updated. CMS will begin reviewing nursing home Compliance and Ethics programs via survey on.

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Managing healthcare compliance in New York is adhering to regulations that aim to ensure access to care, promote healthcare equity, and maintain high standards of healthcare quality and patient safety. The software helps to keep documents and policies organized, ensures training content is up-to-date, and makes reporting easy.

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

When it comes to healthcare, compliance is not just a buzzword — it’s critical to ensuring quality of care, protecting patient privacy, and staying on the right side of the law. But what exactly is a compliance plan in healthcare, and why is it so crucial? Why Is a Compliance Plan Important in Healthcare?

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

HIPAA Journal is conducting interviews with healthcare professionals and service providers to find out more about their compliance journeys, how the HIPAA Rules have affected their working lives, and the successes and challenges they have faced with HIPAA compliance. As a teenager, I volunteered in hospitals and nursing homes.

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Effective management of healthcare compliance in Nebraska involves careful planning and adaptability. As the state’s healthcare regulations are updated, it’s vital for organizations to maintain efficient compliance programs. Healthcare compliance means remaining current with the state’s unique regulatory requirements.

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Managing healthcare compliance in New Jersey means adhering to a unique set of rules and standards that pose certain challenges for management teams. New Jersey’s healthcare organizations are encouraged to design thorough systems for tracking and understanding these regulations and make updates to their compliance programs as needed.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

After an investigation into Colorado’s care for people with disabilities who reside in nursing homes, the Department of Justice (DOJ) concluded that the state unnecessarily segregates people with physical disabilities in nursing facilities. These available services should be regardless of the person’s age or physical disability.

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Compliancy Group

AUGUST 31, 2023

Healthcare compliance laws play a vital role in safeguarding patients’ rights, preventing fraud and abuse, and maintaining the integrity of healthcare systems. Let’s delve into the importance of healthcare compliance laws and regulations, their impact on providers and organizations, and the guidelines governing their implementation.

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HealthStream

AUGUST 16, 2019

Federal and state governments continue their close scrutiny of the Continuum care/post-acute sector. Here we discuss compliance risk areas and CIA in this part of the healthcare industry.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued new General Compliance Program Guidance (“GCPG”) for members of the health care compliance community and other health care stakeholders. Key Highlights of the GCPG Much of what is covered in the GCPG is not new to the health care compliance industry.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

The Medicaid Fraud Division also prioritizes the physical and financial security of residents who reside in Massachusetts nursing homes. Cases include: In September 2021, a certified nurse’s aide was charged with sexually assaulting two elderly nursing home residents at a Massachusetts nursing home while he worked the night shift.

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Compliancy Group

APRIL 17, 2024

OIG Medicare compliance audits help ensure that hospitals, clinics, and other medical facilities use program funds efficiently and in accordance with federal and state laws. Findings from OIG audits can identify compliance areas needing improvement. They also help the DHHS improve its operations and program administration.

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YouCompli

AUGUST 2, 2022

Healthcare compliance history has shown that when the government disperses significant funds, audits and enforcement associated with the disbursement of those funds will shortly follow. The Federal government spent unprecedented trillions of dollars throughout the COVID public health emergency (PHE). MorseLife agreed to pay $1.75

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Provider Trust

AUGUST 9, 2023

Leveraging Oversight To Protect Nursing Home Residents Better Enhancing the quality of care in nursing homes remains paramount to OIG. Through years of oversight, they have discovered various obstacles and weaknesses within nursing home facilities. Simplify your Healthcare Compliance

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 18, 2022

A Montana nurse who admitted to stealing opiates while working at multiple healthcare facilities was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release. The government alleged in court documents that the defendant diverted opiates in 2021 while working at multiple healthcare facilities.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Whistleblowers continue to be one of the federal government’s greatest assets in FCA cases, as whistleblowers filed 652 qui tam suits in 2022 with recovery totaling $1.9 The government initiated 296 FCA cases on its own last year without input of a relator, which is the highest volume of DOJ initiated cases since the 1986 FCA amendments.

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Provider Trust

JANUARY 25, 2024

HHS also disperses taxpayer funds through grants and contracts, and it must provide clear guidance and up-to-date policies on financial management, internal controls, and compliance with regulations. These programs ensure that the government engages only with law-abiding individuals and uses taxpayer dollars appropriately.

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AIHC

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Lessons Learned about Consequences & Incentives Submitted by the AIHC Education Department Introduction The Office of Inspector General has released the new General Compliance Program Guidance or “GCPG” in late 2023. The British government decided to take action and offered citizens a bounty to redeem for dead cobras.

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AIHC

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Lessons Learned about Consequences & Incentives Submitted by the AIHC Education Department Introduction The Office of Inspector General has released the new General Compliance Program Guidance or “GCPG” in late 2023. The British government decided to take action and offered citizens a bounty to redeem for dead cobras.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The United States Government Accountability Office published an analysis on January 14, 2022, titled “Health Care Capsule: Improving Nursing Home Quality and Information” which identified gaps in oversight of nursing homes that make it more difficult to prevent patient abuse. The NSVC will perform the site visit.

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American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Languages: American English Key features: Audio narration, learning activity and post-assessment Get Certified American Medical Compliance (AMC) is a leader in the industry for compliance, Billing and HR solutions. To become certified, please visit us at: American Medical Compliance (AMC).

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American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Languages: American English Key features: Audio narration, learning activity and post-assessment Get Certified American Medical Compliance (AMC) is a leader in the industry for compliance, Billing and HR solutions. To become certified, please visit us at: American Medical Compliance (AMC).

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

There are no national mandatory standards governing health care access or delivery behind bars. Some states have adopted minimum standards for prisons, jails, or both, but in Louisiana , the standards governing health care in jails have not been updated since 1980. Compare, for example, federal treatment of nursing homes with prisons.

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 26, 2022

Issue: Nursing staff should monitor telemedicine appointments held with their residents, review related medical record documentation, and report any concerns with observed practices immediately.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The federal government plans to define “zero-emissions building” for the real estate industry. According to a new report , CMS’s minimum staffing proposal for nursing homes would require nursing home operators to hire 102,000 additional nurses at a cost of $6.8B.

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Provider Trust

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Some additional nursing facts include: The U.S. government estimates that >200,000 new RN positions will be created each year from 2016 to 2026. Most healthcare services involve some sort of care by nurses including private practices, primary care clinics, home health, nursing homes, hospices, and more.

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Med-Net Compliance

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

These should be comprehensive in order to ensure that each potential employee is qualified and permitted to be employed in a healthcare facility that receives government funds. The post Woman Arrested for Practicing Medicine without a License at 7 Nursing Homes appeared first on Med-Net.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 19, 2022

Nursing homes and long-term care facilities face increased turnover, look to new solution to attract workers. Rat infestation closes Veteran Affairs nursing home in Arizona. Deadline to Close Nursing Home Extended by 2 Months. Valley nursing home workers calling for increased pay and staffing.

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Hall Render

MARCH 3, 2023

on 7th medical office building acquisition in a year Baptist Health expanding in Nassau and St.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In March, as states were issuing stay-at-home orders, the FDA published pandemic-specific guidance for trial sponsors, institutional review boards and investigators on how to ensure the safety of their trial participants and reduce risks to trial integrity, while sustaining compliance with good clinical practice.”

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Hall Render

MARCH 31, 2023

in 2022, survey finds Senate votes to end COVID-19 national emergency Why are 600+ rural hospitals at risk of closing? County-owned buildings facing potential earthquake risk Gilead drops option to buy cancer therapeutics company Health and Life Organization Inc. buys industrial property in Rancho Cordova for $5.12

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Hall Render

MAY 19, 2023

operating loss in Q2 As RI legislators near session’s end, compromise on expensive proposals looks inevitable ‘It is wrong’: Charlesgate workers ask state to keep nursing home open. Here’s what is happening there. million to strengthen healthcare in WV Top Doctors Named Across W.Va.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 17, 2022

First, nursing homes and assisted living facilities are seeing large numbers of suits , particularly for failures in infection control. Other increasingly viable employee lawsuits are ADA disability discrimination or Title VII claims , possibly bolstered by federal government guidance from the U.S. Shield Propagation.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 27, 2023

West Springs Hospital found in ‘full compliance’ after state audit Parkview Health System finalizes merger agreement with UCHealth COVID, flu and RSV hospitalizations keep falling in Colorado Post-pandemic telehealth visits remain high in Colorado ‘This is a great community,’ Centura-St. But will consumers actually benefit?

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Healthcare Law Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

The Biden Administration has expressed a deep concern about nursing home owners and related parties excessively profiting off of the residents they serve to the detriment of quality care. The Biden plan also focuses on the recent upsurge in private equity ownership of nursing homes. Indeed, the U.S.

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Hall Render

MARCH 8, 2024

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Hall Render

MAY 5, 2023

Here’s how, and why hospitals say it ‘cherry-picks data.’ healthy village’ George Washington University medical residents vote overwhelmingly to form a union Kaiser Permanente’s Mid-Atlantic president, Ruth Williams-Brinkley, to retire Kaiser Permanente to spend billions on new value-based care nonprofit based in the D.C. Question drives Pa.

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