[07/09/12]
Posted on July 9, 2012 in Health Information Technology
Published by: Hall Render
Since 2005, a group of associations known as the Long Term and Post Acute Care (LTPAC) Health Information Technology Collaborative (the Collaborative) have hosted the annual LTPAC Health IT Summit to discuss and advance health IT issues for long LTPAC providers. Following the Summit, the Collaborative publishes a Road Map that identifies the progress... READ MORE
Tags: aanac, accountable care, ahca, ahima, amda, batt, bufford, bundled payment, care coordination, cast, cms, crm, ehr, employee, facility, health it, healthcare, hms, improvement, IT, leadingage, long term care, ltc, ltpac, nasl, ncal, nf, nursing home, oig, pace, process, provider, quality, rehospitalization, road map, skill, snf, summit, technology, training
[11/09/11]
Posted on November 9, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has made changes to the Medicare Overpayment Notification Process. If an outstanding balance has not been resolved, providers previously received three notification letters regarding the overpayments: (1) an initial demand letter, (2) a follow-up letter, and then (3) an intent to refer letter. CMS would send the second... READ MORE
Tags: balance, bufford, cms, collection, demand letter, intent to refer, jent, long term care, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, Medicare, notification, november 1, Overpayment, process, selby
[08/10/11]
Posted on August 10, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
As of March 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented new screening criteria in the Medicare provider/supplier enrollment process. Newly enrolling and revalidating providers and suppliers are placed in one of three categories – limited, moderate, or high – each representing the level of risk to the Medicare program for that... READ MORE
Tags: 60 day, 6401a, ACA, accountable care, application, billing, bufford, categories, centers for medicare & medicaid, centers for medicare and medicaid, cms, deactivation, enrollment, fee, high, Home Health, Hospice, jent, limited, long term care, MAC, march, march 25, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, Medicare, medicare administrative contractor, moderate, pay.gov, pecos, process, provider, revalidation, risk, screening, selby, supplier
