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Late Arrivals, No-Shows? Effective Strategies for NPs

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Also, remind patients to bring any necessary paperwork, insurance documents, or other items essential to the appointment. How to Track Effectively: Use your Electronic Health Record (EHR) system to document no-shows and late arrivals. Educate and Train Your Staff Ultimately, reducing no-shows and late arrivals requires a team effort.

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Navigating New CMS Skin Substitute Updates: Essential Policies for Wound Care Providers

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Using non-covered products or failing to meet documentation standards can lead to reimbursement denials, audits, and delayed or disrupted care for vulnerable patients. Key CMS skin substitute policy updates Wound care providers must adapt their product selection, treatment workflows, and documentation to remain compliant. Heres how: 1.

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Is Your Practice Ready for Growth?

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Many NP business owners seek ways to grow their practices, not only by seeing more patients, but also by diversifying their revenue streams beyond traditional patient visits. New services often require new protocols and staff training. Would you need to hire additional staff? By Johanna Hofmann, MBA, MAc.,

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How to Implement Behavioral Health Compliance Best Practices

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Some of these challenges are common occurrences that can crop up despite staff’s best efforts. Documentation Documentation integrity involves the accuracy of the complete health record. Incomplete, inaccurate, or inconsistent medical record documentation increases the risk of medical errors and legal liability.

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5 Strategies to Shield Your Practice Against Violence and Threats

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Let offenders and others know that you mean business and won’t put up with policy violations! #2 Security Monitoring Companies: Security companies offer various levels of monitoring options to residential and businesses alike. Define the roles and responsibilities of all staff members and their alternates.

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Privacy Alert – Real Life Stories

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Consequence : Not training employees could result in fines and mandated corrective action plans by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Consequence : Fines for such violations can also be significant, and the organization may be required to revise its disposal procedures and retrain staff.

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How to Ensure Dental Regulatory Compliance 

American Medical Compliance

Amidst the busy dental appointments, treatments, and patient care, there are crucial aspects that often operate in the background but hold importance. These are recordkeeping and documentation. While the primary focus in dentistry is patient health and well-being, carefully keeping records is equally needed.