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Compliance is Everybody’s Business: Clinical, Revenue Cycle, IT, Sales and Marketing

YouCompli

Sharon Parsley, JD, MBA, CHC, CHRC contributes a monthly post on compliance officer effectiveness for the YouCompli blog. In this article she looks at specific ways to engage and communicate with Nursing, Physicians, Sales & Marketing, Revenue Cycle, and IT. In an inpatient setting, nursing is going to be a 24×7 business.

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Georgia Nursing Home Settles to Resolve Allegations of False Claims for Therapy Services

Healthcare Compliance Blog

In a March 11, 2022, release by the Northern District of Georgia’s Office of the Department of Justice, it was reported that an investigation determined a Georgia nursing home knowingly submitted claims for unreasonable, unnecessary, and unskilled services for Medicare patients. This amount was based on the nursing home’s ability to pay.

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Healthcare Compliance is Everyone’s Business: Legal, Internal Audit, Human Resources and Quality

YouCompli

Sharon Parsley, JD, MBA, CHC, CHRC contributes a regular post on compliance officer effectiveness for the YouCompli blog. What does it really take to ensure that an organization has a mature, well-integrated, and high-performing Compliance function? Hopefully, both Compliance and Legal are involved in your contract approval processes.

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2024 Final Rule: CMS Announces More Changes to Medicare Advantage but Declines to Reform the “60 Day Rule”

Health Care Law Brief

We note, however, that an MA plan may elect to offer, as a Medicare benefit, coverage for post-hospital skilled nursing facility care without a prior qualifying hospital stay that is required under traditional Medicare. Final Rule at p. 3729(b)(1)(A) of the False Claims Act (“FCA”). See Proposed Rule at 79559. See 42 U.S.C. See 42 C.F.R.

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Posthospital SNF Care in Indiana Generally Met Medicare Level-of-Care Requirements

Healthcare Compliance Blog

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) released their findings of an audit they conducted to determine if hospital admissions of Indiana skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents who are enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid (dually eligible beneficiaries) were potentially avoidable, and if level-of-care requirements for Medicare were met.

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Avoiding Red Flags: Finding the Right Productivity Balance

Healthcare IT Today

Auditors may also perform technical audit reviews, medical necessity compliance reviews, and medical policy reviews. The payer could also recoup the overpayments from future visits. . Meanwhile, Medicare also has a Fee for Service Recovery Audit Program. What Triggers Audits? . There are only so many hours in the day.

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ChristianaCare Settlement Drives New Legal Theory in False Claims Act Litigation: Hospitals Take Note When Providing Clinical Services to Their Private Physician Groups

Healthcare Law Blog

million to resolve a lawsuit filed by the system’s former Chief Compliance Officer, Ronald Sherman. However, ChristianaCare employees – including hospitalists, residents, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners – worked in the NICU alongside Neonatology Associates, and were also providing care to these same patients.