March 2005 Entries

Mount Ida College: National Center for Death Education (NCDE)

posted @ Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:55 AM |

HFA End-Of-Life Info - Terry Schiavo

posted @ Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:45 AM |

CMS Hosts Free Teleconferences on HIPAA Security Rule

posted @ Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:29 AM |

NIST Offers HIPAA Security Guidance

posted @ Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:25 AM |

CMS Open Door Forums Schedule for April

posted @ Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:11 AM |

Procedures for Non-Privacy Administrative Simplification Complaints Under the HIPAA

posted @ Thursday, March 31, 2005 8:51 AM |

Microsoft Releases Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1

posted @ Wednesday, March 30, 2005 6:36 AM |

Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Information for Providers

posted @ Tuesday, March 29, 2005 9:48 AM |

Revised Manual Language to Item 24G (Days or Units) CMS-1500 Instructions Regarding the Billing of Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment

posted @ Tuesday, March 29, 2005 9:19 AM |

It Takes More Than a Living Will

posted @ Monday, March 28, 2005 8:06 AM |

April 20, 2005 -- HIPAA Security Deadline

posted @ Friday, March 25, 2005 9:16 AM |

Advance Directives Available Online

posted @ Friday, March 25, 2005 8:40 AM |

2005 HI and SMI Combined Medicare Trustees Report

posted @ Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:56 AM |

End-of-Life Care: Advance Care Planning

posted @ Wednesday, March 23, 2005 10:25 AM |

Inefficiencies Cost Healthcare $100 Billion Yearly, Says HSS

posted @ Wednesday, March 23, 2005 10:01 AM |

In Blow to Bush, Senators Reject Cuts to Medicaid

posted @ Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:41 AM |

Targeting Counterfeit and Substandard Medicines.

posted @ Tuesday, March 22, 2005 5:22 PM |

NHF Celebrates 40 Years of Hospice

posted @ Monday, March 21, 2005 10:27 AM |

Medicare: The next riddle for the ages

posted @ Monday, March 21, 2005 7:15 AM |

Home Health Agencies - Updated Facility Computer Specifications

posted @ Monday, March 21, 2005 7:05 AM |

Independent but Associated Deficiency Citations

posted @ Monday, March 21, 2005 7:05 AM |

Free Webinar: Contingency Planning: Meeting HIPAA Security Rule Requirements

posted @ Sunday, March 20, 2005 1:05 PM |

NCVHS calls for study of HIT security

posted @ Friday, March 18, 2005 8:18 AM |

Revisions to Chapter 5, Section 50 of Publication 100-01

posted @ Friday, March 18, 2005 8:14 AM |

CMS Releases Interim Final Rule on Claims Appeal Reform

posted @ Thursday, March 17, 2005 7:19 PM |

CMS Home Health, Hospice, DME Open Door Forum

posted @ Thursday, March 17, 2005 5:35 PM |

2004 NHPCO National Data Set Survey

posted @ Thursday, March 17, 2005 5:35 PM |

Demographic Profile of 65+ Population

posted @ Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:32 AM |

Living With Grief: Ethical Dilemmas at the End of Life Teleconference

posted @ Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:16 AM |

Lines Between Palliative, Regular, Aggressive Care Blurring

posted @ Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:05 AM |

Elimination of the Return to Provider (RTP) Report

posted @ Thursday, March 10, 2005 12:02 PM |

Medically Unnecessary Edits Rescinded for RHHI

posted @ Thursday, March 10, 2005 12:00 PM |

Update to the Healthcare Provider Taxonomy Codes (HPTC) Version 5.0

posted @ Wednesday, March 09, 2005 6:52 PM |

Claims Status Code/Claims Status Category Code Update

posted @ Wednesday, March 09, 2005 6:52 PM |

Claims Status Code/Claims Status Category Code Update

posted @ Wednesday, March 09, 2005 12:02 PM |

Audit Trail Error Message Descriptions from Cahaba

posted @ Tuesday, March 08, 2005 11:42 AM |

PGBA Direct Data Entry (DDE) Training – March 17, 2005

posted @ Monday, March 07, 2005 12:02 PM |

Call for Measures: Symptom Management and End-of-life Care: 'Quality of Cancer Care Measures' Project.

posted @ Wednesday, March 02, 2005 4:25 PM |

Coordination of Benefits Agreement (COBA) Detailed Error Report Notification Process

posted @ Wednesday, March 02, 2005 12:05 PM |

MMA - The Facts for Providers Regarding the Medicare Prescription Drug Plans That Will Become Available in 2006

posted @ Wednesday, March 02, 2005 12:03 PM |

Physician Requirements for Home Health Services

posted @ Wednesday, March 02, 2005 11:42 AM |

MedPAC Report on Medicare Payment Policy Press Release

posted @ Tuesday, March 01, 2005 11:35 AM |

MedPAC Medicare Payment Policy Report

posted @ Tuesday, March 01, 2005 11:35 AM |

National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care

posted @ Tuesday, March 01, 2005 11:14 AM |