Posted by Jason Greis on March 31, 2009 under Articles | 
LTACHs often subcontract their dietary services departments to national providers, host hospitals (for HwHs), or a host hospital’s contracted dietary service provider. CMS recently urged nursing homes and other long-term care facilities to determine whether they are currently in possession of peanut butter and peanut butter products recalled by the FDA as a result of possible Salmonella contamination. LTACHs should speak with their dietary department or dietary service provider to determine what steps are being taken to ensure that patients are not served potentially contaminated products. Read More...
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Posted by Jason Greis on under Events |
CMS is hosting this Special Open Door Forum for Part A provider Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) on April 8, 2009. The purpose of this forum is to introduce providers to the new contractors and provide more information about the RAC program. Read More...
Posted by Jason Greis on March 27, 2009 under Events |
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
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Posted by Jason Greis on under Articles, Whitepapers |
By Carol Burkhart, RN, MS, CNP, CPHRM, William Hammock, RN, BSN, CMC, ACM, and Stacey Donegan, CPC Read More...
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Posted by Jason Greis on March 20, 2009 under Articles |
According to an audit report recently released by the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG), hospitals paid under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) may have received an estimated $25 million in overpayments between fiscal years 2003 and 2005 as a result of noncompliance with Medicare’s post-acute transfer policy. The purpose of this policy is to provide a disincentive for hospitals to discharge patients to another hospital, a skilled nursing facility, or a patient’s home early in a patient’s stay in order to minimize costs while still receiving a full diagnosis-related group (DRG) payment. Read More...
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Posted by Jason Greis on March 16, 2009 under Articles |
On March 6, 2009, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a CMS Manuals System transmittal implementing a final rule from the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for fiscal year 2008 requiring disclosure of physician ownership or investment in physician-owned hospitals. Effective June 8, 2009 Medicare-participating hospitals will be required to disclose physician ownership or investment information to patients when a referring physician (or his or her immediate family members) has an ownership interest in a hospital. Physicians also will be required to disclose their ownership or investment interests (and the ownership or investment interests of their immediate family members) in all physician-owned hospitals to which a physician refers patients. A physician’s ownership or investment interest may be through equity, debt, or other means, and includes an interest in any indirect entity that holds an ownership or investment interest in a hospital. Read More...
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