This week’s updates include the ESRD PPS proposed rule and Quality Improvement Program and the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Home Health proposed rules. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.
This week’s updates include the proposed 2016 OPPS rule and the FY 2016 Part A SNF PPS pricer update. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.
This week’s note is a follow up to an earlier discussion on coverage of drugs under the various parts of Medicare. Click the link above for more information and an in-depth analysis.
Q: I realize that you cannot compel your staff to complete Occupational Safety and Health Administration training online on their own time. However, I am wondering whether the same applies for HIPAA training. Must this training be conducted during work hours, or can we provide workforce members with a deadline by which to complete training on their own time?
When the placement agency called and said it was looking for an interim case management director in Alaska, and asked if she was interested, Randi Ferrare, RN, BSN, hesitated for just a moment.
