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Private third-party payers may not wield the hammer known as the False Claims Act, but its important to note that the government now is utilizing publicly available physician data and sharing that information with private payers, says Joseph Russo, president of HP3 Healthcare Concepts in Bethlehem, PA.
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According to Joseph Russo, president of HP3 Healthcare Concepts in Bethlehem, PA, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and Medicare Part B contractors have increased their scrutiny of solo practitioners and small group practices.
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One reason the overall number of qui tam suits is declining may be simply that the False Claims Act is working, suggests Stuart Gerson, a partner with Epstein Becker in Washington, DC.
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As hospitals design policies in response to demands of the new privacy rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), compliance officers are faced with implementing the fine points of the procedures that will be required.
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Operating a community flu clinic is a good way to make sure your home health agencys name is associated with good will in the community, says Susan R. McCarter, RN, community educator for Diversified Home Health Services in Towson, MD.
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At the beginning of this years flu vaccination season, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) changed the rules for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. Prior to Oct. 2 of this year, each vaccination administered to a home health patient had to be accompanied by an order from the patients physician.
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Although many home health agencies address flu vaccinations, either formally or informally, more agencies neglect the pneumonia vaccine, says William Schaffner, MD, chairman of the department of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN.
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ouve been evaluating your Outcome Based Quality Monitoring Reports, but why worry about Outcome Based Quality Improvement (OBQI) reports?Because state surveyors have access to the information, and they may be using it to prepare for their visits as early as January 2003, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officials.
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A new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed rule is designed to speed up the availability of generic drugs and reduce costs for consumers.
