Sheppard Health Law

MARCH 7, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), on behalf of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), recently issued a proposed rule to adopt standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) for “health care attachment” transactions (the “Proposed Rule”).

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Etactics

MARCH 13, 2024

As medical billers and coders work closely with these insurance companies, it only makes sense to familiarize yourself with their rules and regulations. This evolved in the 1830’s however to better regulate and streamline the terminology used. An account summary will be one of the helpful details placed within the document.

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Etactics

AUGUST 4, 2023

Luckily, we have the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). HIPAA is a federal regulation that protects the privacy and security of PHI. No matter what type of media the information is on, such as on a computer or paper, your company must adhere to HIPAA rules and regulations to protect it. Audit controls.

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Sheppard Health Law

MARCH 10, 2023

As such activity commences and regulations are issued in the coming months, we will analyze their potential impact on industry stakeholders. Subject to certain exceptions, healthcare entities will be required to provide OHCA at least 90 days’ prior written notice of an applicable agreement or transaction.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The “National Forum on Advancing High-Quality, Equitable Care Coordination for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs” centered on two key topics for improving care coordination systems for CYSHCN: integrated care coordination and the care coordination workforce.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 1, 2022

It’s also – to some extent – been cast aside in home health providers’ minds, given all the mayhem going on related to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule for 2023. . Act on data: “Look to integrative technologies and AI to better align staff to your patient population needs.

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NASHP

APRIL 24, 2023

Additionally, the alarming rise in mental health challenges among children and youth underscores the need to integrate prevention and early intervention approaches across our child-serving systems. Provide guidance defining integrated care for pediatric populations and data sharing approaches to guide and evaluate integrated care models.

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Sheppard Health Law

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 6, 2022 , the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the proposed rule on Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs (the “Proposed Rule”). Refining Definitions for Fully Integrated and Highly Integrated D-SNPs (§§ 422.2

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nThrive

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The revenue generated from each line-item then flows into the healthcare system’s patient accounting system (PAS) and the patient is billed. There should be an ongoing, documented process established to ensure that you remain compliant with Medicare, services are being accurately charged, and that you are receiving appropriate reimbursement.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Since 2014 (first under its “Dual Demo” demonstration and then later via D-SNP contracts), the state has enabled Medicaid MCOs to participate in value-based purchasing through its Integrated Care System Partnerships (ICSP) model. Rhode Island is another state that has invested in coordinated care for complex populations enrolled in Medicaid.

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Etactics

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Insurance account number or Medicare number. Exclusion from Medicare and Medicaid. Train your staff in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to understand the importance of patient confidentiality. This alone will strengthen your compliance program and organization’s integrity.

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NASHP

MAY 26, 2022

While historically person-centered planning has not been linked to value-based purchasing models, recent initiatives from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) around quality measurement are incorporating patient-centered measures into the Meaningful Measures initiative.

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Home Health Care

MAY 10, 2022

When we’re talking about limiting any transactions or limiting consolidation, we need to take those people into account as well. I think one of the things it’s going to mean, and I’m hearing a lot of this, is burnout, a lot of stress, and operators who are tired of having to deal with those regulations. Novak: Sure.

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Icanotes

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

As a therapist, this means you can maintain both ethical integrity and efficiency. Efficiency With Ethical Integrity Pre-configured intuitive templates are superior and more effective than AI tools. Unlike with AI, you can feel confident that you're upholding your ethical integrity responsibilities.

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

As major purchasers, administrators, and regulators of behavioral health treatment and supports, states play a critical role in system transformation. In addition, through its new 1115 demonstration extension and “Roadmap for Behavioral Health Reform,” the state is phasing in a new integrated primary care payment and reimbursement structure.

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Health Business Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

If retailers succeed, there’s a chance they –and other enlightened and well-capitalized primary care providers– will take over the primacy now enjoyed by hospital-based Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs). Trials enroll patients faster and data integrity is high. COVID becomes less political.

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Bill Of Health

JULY 26, 2022

Undoubtedly there could be exciting near-term benefits for the 750,000 ONEM members as their Amazon Prime accounts are linked to their ONEM memberships, facilitating targeted Whole Food and Amazon Pharmacy coupons. Amazon now has an important foothold in the Medicare market. Interestingly, Amazon’s market capitalization increased 1.4%

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Icanotes

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

The treatment plan's purpose is to properly account for a patient's mental, psychological and emotional needs concerning substance abuse. A patient's goals should also take their extent of substance dependence and support networks into account. This accountability can help them see the value in their recovery and overall health.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 29, 2021

This provision of the Social Security Act allows states to provide home and community-based services (HCBS) under the Medicaid state plan by obtaining approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of a state plan amendment (SPA). Then we implemented what we could within CMS regulations.”. Program administrator.

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

It includes examples from various states organized by the framework buckets: integrated primary and behavioral health care, crisis continuum of care, in-home and in-community based, and out-of-home and community. States have a range of tools and policy levers at their disposal to build capacity for integrated behavioral health approaches.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 23, 2023

My responsibilities also covered start-ups, adding over 50 locations and ensuring their smooth integration with our operational leadership. That flexibility allows buyers to adjust the diligence timing based on market activity, regulatory shifts, and integration capacity. Delays are never in the seller’s favor.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The state encourages those broader strategies to improve patient satisfaction and outcomes at all stages of life and illness. ” – Anastasia Dodson, Deputy Director, Office of Medicare Innovation and Integration, California Department of Health Care Services Reimbursement is often cited as a barrier to availability of palliative care.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Hospitals and health systems will be held accountable for a physician’s omission. As healthcare regulations evolve and credentialing requirements become more complex, healthcare facilities must be proactive in updating their credentialing processes to avoid making mistakes that put patients and themselves at risk. Mistake No.

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Sheppard Health Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Rebate Programs are administered as part of the prescription drug affordability provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (the “IRA”), which is aimed at “lower[ing] out-of-pocket drug costs for people with Medicare and improv[ing] the sustainability of the Medicare program for current and future generations.” [1]

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Etactics

AUGUST 19, 2021

Over 50% of doctors work 50-80 hours per week (Pacific Companies) Most physicians work 51-60 hours per week, but this only accounts for 26% of physicians. More than half experience dissatisfaction with work-life integration (Mayo Clinic) In 2017, only 42.7% Another quarter work 60-80 hours, so a majority work between 50-80 hours.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

For example, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act included a payment parity requirement for Medicare; and many private insurers followed suit implementing similar regulations in their commercial plans. While policymakers do their part to implement changes, payers and providers can step up too.

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NASHP

MAY 26, 2023

With caregivers increasingly asked to perform more intense and complex care , respite care is integral to giving caregivers a much-needed break. Self-Direction : Study states used self-direction programs to integrate family members and friends into the direct care workforce as respite care providers.

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Sheppard Health Law

JANUARY 6, 2023

In addition to funding, the Act modifies certain telehealth provisions, expands and extends components of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and supports initiatives within the behavioral health and substance use treatment spaces. Medicare Extension & Adjustments. reduction of the Medicare conversion factor.

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NASHP

MARCH 28, 2022

A certified nurse assistant (CNA) is qualified to work in a Medicare-certified nursing facility. A Medicare-certified HHA is qualified to provide services through a Medicare-certified home health agency. A Medicare-certified HHA is qualified to provide services through a Medicare-certified home health agency.

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Sheppard Health Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

On November 6, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the contract year 2025 proposed rule for Medicare Advantage (“MA”) organizations and Part D sponsors (the “Proposed Rule”). The UM committee was established in April 2023 in the 2024 Medicare Advantage and Part D Final Rule (CMS-4201-F).

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NASHP

DECEMBER 20, 2022

These coordinated state efforts, often formalized in governor’s task forces, cross-agency workgroups, and legislative commissions, are predicated on an ideological shift away from solely punitive responses and toward integrating treatment into the criminal legal system. Integrate peers into crisis response teams.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 11, 2021

How can we help our customers deliver the most efficient care — hence, Careficient — they can while navigating them through the stringent regulator environments we are forced to operate in today? Earlier I mentioned that our staff is nimble, and part of that is that the salesperson becomes the client’s account manager.

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Sheppard Health Law

MARCH 15, 2023

Because the largest PBMs are often vertically integrated with providers, specialty pharmacies and/or prescription drug plan sponsors, other entities in the healthcare industry have attributed increased drug costs to PBMs’ market shares and the resulting leverage that PBMs use to negotiate prices.

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Health Populi

MAY 22, 2018

The recent announcement of the prescription drug cost regulation blueprint, “American Patients First,” speaks to President Trump’s and Secretary Azar’s focus on regulatory reforms targeting the prices of medicine. Last year’s rate of growth was 4.6%.

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Home Health Care

JULY 15, 2022

This article is sponsored by Integrated Home Care Services. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Integrated Home Care Services (IHCS) co-founder Paul Pino to learn the top challenges in the home-based care space, and how the IHCS model addresses those challenge s. Currently, we manage about 2.2 million lives.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2021

bn for patient spending on branded drug cost-sharing after accounting for manufacture-financed support. Integrating with the telehealth service Care on the Optum Store. Exhibit 3 shows these costs for each stakeholder, totaling $93 billion. These are, in order of magnitude: $35.8 Health Populi’s Hot Points: While U.S.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Employers will endeavor to artfully design consumer-directed benefit plans (CDHPs) that nudge insured workers toward healthier habits, while integrating a broader definition of wellness. style GDPR (the General Data Protection Regulation promulgated in the European Union).

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