A Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) study showed insufficient documentation causes most improper payments for arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs, according to the October 2017 Medicare Quarterly Compliance Newsletter.
Too often, organizations fall for common HIPAA myths and erroneously incorporate them into otherwise sound, good-faith compliance efforts. That can lead to wasted time and resources, duplicative work, or even outright noncompliance.
Alert fatigue defeats the purpose of EHR medication alerts, according to a recent studythat looked at how often medication-related clinical decision alerts were overridden, the reasons given for the overrides, and how appropriate the reasons were.
Sometimes it’s the condition of the caregiver, not the patient, that prompts a visit to the emergency department (ED). According to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, this problem is not only resulting in unnecessary ED visits, but in higher costs.
Q: A local school has asked us to come in and provide flu shots to the students and staff. Do we need to ask each person who gets the shot to sign our Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP), or can the school do so on their behalf and provide the information to them?
