News & Analysis

February 1, 2014
Strategies for Healthcare Compliance

The reason R. Brett Short, chief compliance officer at UK HealthCare at the University of Kentucky, talks about his organization’s OCR audit is to share the lessons he learned.

UK HealthCare’s Albert B. Chandler Hospital was one of 20 covered entities to undergo an initial test audit by the OCR in 2012.

February 1, 2014
Case Management Monthly

Improving transitions from the hospital to the home or the next level of care has become a priority for many organizations.

February 1, 2014
Case Management Monthly

When it comes to preventing readmissions, the focus tends to be on adult patients with adult conditions.

February 1, 2014
Case Management Monthly

If you're feeling a time crunch at work, you're not alone. Case managers are often juggling heavy case­loads and an increasing number of job responsibilities.

February 1, 2014
Strategies for Healthcare Compliance

The majority of Recovery Auditor (RA) takebacks in the past year involved hospitals (88%) and physicians (5%), which isn’t surprising because of the volume of services they provide, says De

February 1, 2014
Briefings on APCs

CMS replaces clinic E/M visit levels with single G-code, collapses EAM levels

 

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