by Natoshia Erickson | Healthcare
You’ve received notice that you’re going to be audited by the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) for HIPAA privacy and security compliance. First thing you need to do… don’t panic! Companies survive HIPAA audits all the time. In fact, about 31% of all audits result...
by Natoshia Erickson | Healthcare
CMS has announced the launch of their first Rural Health Strategy aimed at reducing regulatory burden and improving access to care for rural patients. This strategy is part of a larger framework for CMS, to put patients first and address the deficiencies of care for...
by Natoshia Erickson | Healthcare
A new case-mix classification system to reward value, not volume. The research community has been calling on CMS to modernize the payment model under the skilled nursing facilities prospective payment system (SNF PPS) for years; citing that the current system...
by Natoshia Erickson | Healthcare
Health systems worldwide have implemented fixed reimbursement models as a means of controlling costs and improving efficiency in care delivery. Australia, Canada, Denmark, and the U.S. are just a few countries that have successfully carried out this refactoring of...
by Natoshia Erickson | Healthcare
On January 9th, 2018 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid released their next gen Bundled Payment Care Improvement (BPCI) program, BPCI Advanced. This new program builds upon lessons learned from current and previous models. At Royal Jay we enjoy rolling up our...
