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Health Care Cybersecurity Checklist for 2021
Experts interviewed by RPP recommended a variety of strategies to stay ahead of evolving security threats this year, particularly as the COVID-19 pandemic winds down...
Remote working: How to work and manage for success
By now, many of us have been working remotely for nearly a year after being catapulted into the new world following the rise of COVID-19...
CMS to Take Back Money It Returned Under Site-Neutral Payment Policy
CMS is taking back money from hospitals for outpatient clinic visits provided in 2019 at excepted off-campus provider-based departments (PBDs) after returning the money when...
Drug diversion and COVID-19
Drug diversion didn’t disappear when COVID-19 patients arrived at your hospital in 2020. Many changes associated with managing the COVID-19 pandemic in hospitals may in...
Telemedicine after COVID-19: What happened and what's next?
The deadline for this article fell on December 2020. At that time, the world eagerly awaited the broad distribution of vaccines that would stop the...
Provider Relief Fund: What does an audit mean to me?
Over the course of 2020, many providers received numerous rounds of Provider Relief Fund (PRF) money though the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act[1]...
Beware of risk adjustment practices that could put your health plan at risk
Welcome to the world of risk adjustment and Medicare Advantage!...
NSF Misconduct Findings Carry Training, Other Requirements
During the second half of the previous fiscal year (FY), the National Science Foundation (NSF) disagreed with its Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) recommendation to...
Palomar Health Settles CMP Case on Intensive Outpatient Psych Services
In another multimillion-dollar behavioral health care case, Palomar Health in California agreed to pay $3.084 million in a civil monetary penalty (CMP) settlement about billing...
Pivotal role of compliance education and training in skilled nursing facilities
The quality of care in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) has been a long-standing issue and often the subject of regulatory enforcement and investigation. Many factors...