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 May 1, 2014 
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Customize and Communicate
 

May 1, 2014

 

Recently, U.S. Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson gave a keynote address at a compliance convention in which he focused on some important components of compliance, two of which are customization of compliance programs, and communication.   Mr. Levinson explained that no two compliance plans are alike.  Rather, each compliance plan needs to be customized to meet the unique and individual needs and risks of the provider...  Click to read more. 


Your Employees' Tax Delinquencies Could Cost You

April 22, 2014

 

Nurses who fail to pay their state taxes or student loans could have their state licenses pulled - at least that is the case in Missouri. Why should their employers care about this? Because Medicare and Medicaid won't pay for the services of an unlicensed nurse. That's right, claims billed for these services constitute false claims - and could cost a nursing home hefty penalties (repayment of 3 times the amount of the claim, plus $11,000 per claim, plus the SNF could become excluded from participating in Medicare and Medicaid)...  Click to read more. 

 


PEPPER Reports Are Coming: Are You Ready?

April 17, 2014

 

CMS Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports (PEPPER) reports will be released soon. PEPPER is a Medicare Part A claims data report that compares your SNF to state, national and MAC or FI jurisdiction data. PEPPER includes this comparative data for six Target Areas...   Click to read more. 

Behind on HIPAA Security? OCR's New Security Tool Raises Expectations
 
April 9, 2014

The Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR), which enforces HIPAA, recently released a Security Risk Assessment ("SRA") Tool to help providers comply with the HIPAA Security Rule. Security risk assessments are required by the HIPAA Security Rule, and are also required for providers hoping to receive payments through the Meaningful Use Program for EHR....Click to read more.

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        Margaret Scavotto 

       Director of Compliance Services                                   

MPA works with healthcare providers who want to meet the strict and ever-changing criteria for compliance programs.

 

  
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