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What you need to understand about Medicare cuts

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Hearing about Medicare cuts causes a provider’s blood to run cold. Will you really lose money by seeing Medicare patients? I am constantly asked “Should I opt out of Medicare?” I’ll also remind you to keep your eyes posted as Don does webinars with us a few times. Now, let’s hear from Don.

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Do You Worry About Getting Audited?

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Heads up, though… If you are listening to this before July 20th, 2023 , you’ll have time to get on a webinar with NPBO and Susan Montana , who, among other things, is a Certified Medical Practice auditor. Webinar Information: But now, what about the webinar ? The topic for the webinar is “ What to Expect in an Audit.

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Home Health CoPs Update: New Opportunities for OTs

Relias

OTs working in home health can initiate the start of care in more situations beginning in 2022 under changes to the Medicare conditions of participation (CoPs). Under previous rules, an OT was not authorized by Medicare to conduct an initial assessment in home health. OTs Can Conduct Medicare Initial Assessment.

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Hospice Billing Compliance: The Latest PEPPER Updates

Relias

The provider-specific PEPPER analyzes Medicare data and statistics from discharges and services compared with every hospice nationwide. In a recent joint webinar from Relias and Weatherbee Resources , Weatherbee Principal Carrie Cooley, MSN, RN, emphasized that each organization must confidently analyze its PEPPER. PEPPER Target Areas.

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Home Health Agencies Face Growing Competition as Value-Based Purchasing Expands Nationally

Relias

With the successes reaped during the pilot of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) aims to accelerate the results nationwide. It’s a zero-sum game,” said SimiTree Director of Operations Consulting John Rabbia, PT, PT, MS, MBA, COS-C, at the Relias webinar.

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Partnering With Hospitals Can Boost SNF Referrals

Relias

Increase patient volume “The reason to be in a preferred network, from an SNF’s perspective, is pure volume [of patients],” said Phyllis Wojtusik, RN, Executive Vice President of Health System Solutions for Real Time Medical Systems, during a Relias webinar. So volume is very important to them.”

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Severe Wound Care Is Shifting to Post-Acute Care

Relias

According to a 2021 report from the United States Government Accountability Office, Medicare spending on stays for severe wound care declined about 2% from $2.06 billion in fiscal year 2016 to $2.01 billion in fiscal year 2018. Building a wound care specialty can bring new clients to your business.