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CMS Revises Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 State Performance Standards System (SPSS) Guidance

Briggs Healthcare

The SPSS is aligned with CMS expectations for State Survey Agency performance in accordance with the §1864 Agreement and all related regulations and policies intended to protect and improve the health and safety of Americans such as the State Operations Manual, the Mission and Priority Document, survey procedure guides, and other relevant documents.

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Trying and Sentencing Youth As Adults: Key Takeaways from Recent Petrie-Flom Center Event

Bill Of Health

She discussed additional relevant neuroscience concepts, such as structural changes in gray matter and cortical thickness, and changes in personality and self-regulation. When kids are transferred into the adult criminal justice system, opportunities for rehabilitation are significantly limited. Cammann Fund at Harvard University.

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The Critical Shift in ASC EHR Adoption: Overcoming Barriers

HIT Consultant

The EHR is the best way to support the immediate and long-term trajectory of a patient’s health by allowing for more efficient information gathering and information analysis along the continuum of care, including preventive care, through medical incidents, rehabilitation and maintenance.

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HCPCS vs CPT: Everything You Need to Know

Etactics

Preventing denial codes is essential if you want to keep a steady revenue flow. This is an easily preventable billing error, which we are going to go over in this blog. C Codes - Temporary outpatient hospital prospective payment system. H Codes - Rehabilitative services. 99397 - Preventive exam (over the age 65).

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HIPAA Criminal Penalties: Possible Violations with Real Examples

Etactics

A HIPAA violation is a failure to comply with any aspect of HIPAA laws and regulations detailed in 45 CFR Parts 160, 162, and 164. The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is responsible for the text of all published HIPAA regulations. There are 115 pages of regulations related to HIPAA standards.

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Weighing Policy Trade-offs: Building State Capacity to Address Health Care Consolidation

NASHP

Evidence suggests that vertical integration and growing consolidation in health care leads to higher hospital and provider prices and higher total spending — all while having little to no impact on improving quality of care for patients, reducing utilization, or improving efficiency.

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Creating a Roadmap for the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Briggs Healthcare

The authors of the blog are Jonathan Blum, Chief Operating Officer and Principal Deputy Administrator; Carol Blackford, Director Hospital and Ambulatory Policy Group; and Jean Moody-Williams, Deputy Director of the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality – folks we have seen on past National NH Stakeholder Calls. i] [link].