Articles

Home Care

• Part I: Preparing for Audits - ZPIC Audits
• Office of Inspector General (OIG) Provides Additional Guidance About Incentive Compensation
• The Cookie Lady is Dead!
• Why Discharge Planners/Case Managers Need to Know About Legal Implications of Provision of Free Services to Patients
• Part 1 – Health Care Reform: Physicians and Patients’ Right to Freedom of Choice of Providers
• Changes in Referral Relationships with Physicians
• Are Potential Kickback Issues Resolved by Payment of Fees to Third Parties Instead of Hospitals to Get on “Vendor Lists” or to Participate in “e-Discharge” Systems?
• Physicians and Patients' Right to Freedom of Choice of Providers
• The Challenge of Maintaining Margin
• Use of Preferred Provider Agreements by Discharge Planners/Case Managers
• Standards of the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)- Unlikely to Support Practices of Hospitals That Treat Post-Acute Providers as “Vendors”
• Discharge Planners/Case Managers Must Make Neutral Presentations of Patients’ Right to Freedom of Choice of Providers
• Home Healthcare Accreditation from ACHC Part 2
• What Happened to Providers Who Violated Requirements Applicable to Payment Arrangements with Referring Physicians?
• Home Healthcare Accreditation from ACHC
• Changes to Stark Regulations: A Refresher
• Fraud Alert: Overutilization of Therapy Services
• Post-Acute Providers Must Protect Staff from Violence/Threatened Violence
• Use of Preferred Provider Agreements with Physicians
• Primer on Medicare/Medicaid Fraud and Abuse - Part I
• Primer on Medicare/Medicaid Fraud and Abuse - Part II
• About Home Telehealth: Inroads Made to Date in Service Delivery
• The Old Adage: If It Is Not Documented, It Was Not Done
• Where Have All the Miles Gone?
• When Are Patients “Unsafe” for Home Care?
• Are Corrections/Supplements to Clinical Records Illegal or Unethical?
• Post-Acute Providers are Not Vendors
• Deliver Best What Your Customers Want Most
• Home Health Agency Accounts Receivable Management
• Anatomy of an Agency Start-Up
• How The Nursing Staph Let Me Down

Hospice

• Part I: Preparing for Audits - ZPIC Audits
• Is He or Isn’t He Hospice Appropriate?
• The Cookie Lady is Dead!
• Why Discharge Planners/Case Managers Need to Know About Legal Implications of Provision of Free Services to Patients
• Court in Texas Rules on Hospice Caps
• Changes in Referral Relationships with Physicians
• Are Potential Kickback Issues Resolved by Payment of Fees to Third Parties Instead of Hospitals to Get on “Vendor Lists” or to Participate in “e-Discharge” Systems?
• Patients’ Right to Freedom of Choice of Hospices in Hospitals
• Skin Changes At Life’s End
• Use of Preferred Provider Agreements by Discharge Planners/Case Managers
• Standards of the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)- Unlikely to Support Practices of Hospitals That Treat Post-Acute Providers as “Vendors”
• Continuous Care in Hospice: The misunderstood service with great benefits for patients and providers Part 2
• Continuous Care in Hospice: The Misunderstood Service with Great Benefits for Patients and Providers
• Part I: Marketing Hospice Services – Use of Preferred Provider Agreements with Physicians
• Part II: Marketing Hospice Services – What Can Hospices Give to Discharge Planners/Case Managers?
• Part III: Marketing Hospice Services – Frequently Asked Questions about the Use of Consulting Physicians/Medical Directors
• Part IV: Marketing Hospice Services – Hospices Are Not Vendors
• Part V: Marketing Hospice Services – Patients’ Right to Freedom of Choice of Providers in Hospitals
• Part VI: Marketing Hospice Services: What Can Discharge Planners/Case Managers Accept from Providers Who Want Referrals?
• Post-Acute Providers Must Protect Staff from Violence/Threatened Violence
• Post-Acute Providers are Not Vendors
• Use of Preferred Provider Agreements by Discharge Planners/Case Managers
• About Home Telehealth: Inroads Made to Date in Service Delivery
• The Old Adage: If It Is Not Documented, It Was Not Done
• Where Have All the Miles Gone?
• When Are Patients “Unsafe” for Home Care?
• Are Corrections/Supplements to Clinical Records Illegal or Unethical?
• Deliver Best What Your Customers Want Most
• Standing Orders and Guidelines: Benefits and Advantages in Hospice
• Anatomy of an Agency Start-Up
• Hospice: A Growing Concept in America
  

Private Duty

• What Case Managers/Discharge Planners Need to Know About Private Duty Home Care Services
• Physicians and Patients’ Right to Freedom of Choice of Providers
• Standards of the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)- Unlikely to Support Practices of Hospitals That Treat Post-Acute Providers as “Vendors”
• Risk Management in Private Duty Care
• Private Duty Home Care Services and Patients’ Right to Freedom of Choice of Providers
• Post-Acute Providers Must Protect Staff from Violence/Threatened Violence
• Post-Acute Providers are Not Vendors
• Deliver Best What Your Customers Want Most