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In honor of Medicare & Medicaid's 50th Anniversary

When Medicare and Medicaid programs were first signed into law on July 30, 1965, could President Lyndon B. Johnson have imagined where we are now? Initially Medicare and Medicaid started as basic health coverage...

Cover Your Attestation: Exclusion Lists: Part 2

To help organizations answer some questions that have recently been asked, we thought it would be helpful to "throwback" to our Cover Your Attestation article series we published in January. In the first part of...

DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Timeline Announced by CMS

The first round of the 2017 Medicare Durable Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program, timeline was recently announced by the Centers for Medicare &...

Cover Your Attestation Requirements: A Two-Part Series on Attestation Requirements and Training

To help organizations answer some questions that have recently been asked, we thought it would be helpful to "throwback" to our Cover Your Attestation article series we published in January. Why are...

H/R Sexual Discrimination Policies

Focus on Transgender Staff Members Although transgender individuals represent less than 1% of the population, HR policies to protect expanding sexual discrimination rights are something that should be considered....

Prescription Drug Abuse

HHS is very concerned with prescription drug abuse. In July they released a plan on hhs.gov to combat abuse of opioid painkillers: "The opioid crisis is affecting communities across the country. Deaths from drug...

Monthly Refresher Webinar " Website Management Overview

Augusts' Monthly Refresher Webinar will be a Website Management Overview. This is an excellent webinar to attend for anyone who is currently managing an HCP compliance program and who wishes to brush up on their...

NIST Guidance for Securing EHR on Mobile Devices

NIST Releases How-To Guide for Securing Electronic Health Records on Mobile Devices Advancing Technology Guidance The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of...

OSHA's Guide to Restroom Access for Transgender Workers

Recently, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a Guide to Restroom Access for Transgender Workers. OSHA's Sanitation standard requires that all employers under its jurisdiction provide...

The CMS announces concessions in the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10

On July 7th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is making several critical changes to the transition period to ICD-10. They published a PDF that covers the concessions and how they...