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8 steps to protect patient data sent to and from business associates

By Marla Durben Hirsch Nov 18, 2020 Private Duty

Agencies must comply with HIPAA when passing patient protected health information (PHI) back and forth. follow these eight tips to protect your patients and agency from breaches: Assess how you and your business associates transmit PHI to each other as part of your regular HIPAA risk analysis. If you uncover any vulnerabilities, resolve them. Ensure […]

CMS proposes amendment to the HHS-RADV program

By Sarah Bostrom Jun 1, 2020 Home Health

CMS issued a proposed rule on May 29 to amend requirements for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) program. The proposal includes changes to two technical aspects of the HHS-RADV program, the error rate calculation, and application of results. CMS outlines the changes in the newly published fact […]

Ask the expert: HMO resident concerns

By Amanda Hurlburt Nov 22, 2013 Ask the Experts

Q: I live in Ohio. For a couple of years now we have completed our HMO residents in the following way: We complete an admission assessment only because we are not to submit PPS assessments on HMO residents. If that resident has a Medicaid number we code that in Section A. Subsequently these assessments are […]

Employers Focused on Extended Remote Work, Impact of Presidential Election, Littler Survey Finds

(November 18, 2020) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has released the results of the Littler Employer Pulse Survey Report. The survey was completed by representatives of nearly 1,100 companies in mid-October – seven months after the remote-work pivot necessitated by the coronavirus and just weeks before the 2020 […]

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KanTime Announces Launch of New Product for Self Direction

KanTime for Self Direction is a new product which addresses the unique needs of consumer directed services providers nationwide. KanTime’s Healthcare Software, the only complete enterprise agency management software, has introduced its newest product – KanTime for Self Direction, which addresses the unique needs of consumer directed services providers. KanTime for Self Direction was engineered specifically […]

Webinar: What SNFs Need to Know About COVID-19

SNF populations are at the highest risk of being affected by COVID-19. If infected, residents are at an increased risk of serious illness and death. With the number of reported cases rising daily in the United States, CMS and the CDC are taking action to protect the health and safety of residents and healthcare providers. […]