by Gina Elkins | Tuesday, August 11, 2020 | Compliance, Featured, Regulatory, Risk Management
The fourth quarter of FY2019 Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports (PEPPERs) are now available as of July 29, 2020 for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs). The original scheduled release date was April 6, 2020. What is a P.E.P.P.E.R (PEPPER)? PEPPER...
by Gina Elkins | Friday, July 10, 2020 | Compliance, Regulatory
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen multiple changes. One change is the survey process. If you recall, on March 4, 2020, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CM)S required states to focus surveys on infection control and then on March 23, 2020, CMS...
by Gina Elkins | Thursday, May 7, 2020 | Clinical, Featured
There is a lot going on as we face daily challenges with COVID-19 and the public health emergency. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our front-line workers who work so hard every day. THANK YOU for making a difference in the lives you touch!...
by Gina Elkins | Monday, April 13, 2020 | Compliance
As if things are not hard enough during this COVID-19 pandemic, there are people out there preying on our most vulnerable. Social Security Matters blog by Seema Verma, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, informed us that “scammers take...
by Gina Elkins | Monday, March 9, 2020 | Compliance
Physician Query: What is it? Physician queries have been used by Health Information Management (HIM) and Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) professionals in hospitals, but physician queries can be used in any setting. A physician query is a communication between...
