Medicare Compliance Review of Saint Luke's Hospital of Chesterfield for 2011 and 2012; Annual 2015-2016 season update for influenza vaccine payment allowances; and more!
1. The audit is intended as an educational tool, but if auditors discover serious noncompliance issues, they may request OCR conduct an investigation to determine if enforcement action is necessary.
Starting a population health program can not only help organizations improve patient health, but can also help a hospital's bottom line by reducing readmissions and cutting down on costly emergency department visits. But many case managers may wonder what it takes to get a population health program off the ground.
When you're starting a population health program, a critical component is information?the data you collect to assess patient risk factors. Having a computer system to sort through information and help you identify high-risk patients is a huge asset to any program, says Gavin Malcolm, LCSW, director of Population Health for Broward Health ACO Services in Florida. "You have to be able to access and manage data to be successful," he says.
