[02/06/13]
Posted on February 6, 2013 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires all skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and nursing facilities (NFs) to have an effective compliance and ethics program in place by March 23, 2013. Unfortunately, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has failed to publish final regulations covering these programs, as required under PPACA, by... READ MORE
Tags: bufford, cms, compliance, ethics, facility, jent, long term care, nf, nursing, oig, policy, program, regulation, selby, skilled, snf
[08/02/12]
Posted on August 2, 2012 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
Need a quick reference to find specific contacts at Medicare organizations that service your state? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published an interactive Provider Compliance Group Map. Should you have any questions, please contact: Todd Selby at 317.977.1440 or tselby@hallrender.com; Brian Jent at 317.977.1402 or bjent@hallrender.com; or David Bufford at 502.568.9368 or dbufford@hallrender.com, or your regular... READ MORE
Tags: bufford, cms, compliance, Home Health, Hospice, jent, long term care, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, provider, selby
[01/09/12]
Posted on January 9, 2012 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
In December, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released an initial series of videos aimed at providers that focus on compliance issues. These videos are part of the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) Provider Compliance Training initiative. Health & Human Services Inspector General Daniel Levinson stated the videos are... READ MORE
Tags: bufford, compliance, exclusion, guidance, Home Health, Hospice, jent, Litigation and Risk Management, long term care, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, oig, selby, video
