February 27, 2015
 

According to a press release issued on Feb 20, 2015 by CMS, there are proposed changes for the coming year for the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D Prescription Drug Programs that will advance Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell’s vision of building a better, smarter health care system and moving the Medicare program, and the health care system at large, toward paying providers based on the quality, rather than the quantity of care they give patients.

SNF Therapy Contracts: Your Risks and What You Need to Know

March 10, 2015
1-2:30pm ET
 

The use of contracted therapists in your SNF immediately increases your citation and criminal risk in terms of billing and liability. In this 90-minute webcast, expert Reginald M. Hislop III, PhD, discusses how to limit such risk under Medicare due to improper treatment and coding of your therapy contractor. Hislop outlines how to implement a shared risk arrangement with your therapy contractor while outlining a strategic way to monitor such risk within your SNF.