124 results.
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Road Map for Health IT in Long Term and Post-Acute Care, 2010-2012
Author: LTPAC HIT Collaborative
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: May 17, 2010
Road Map for Health IT in Long Term and Post-Acute Care, 2010-2012: Executive Summary
Author: LTPAC HIT Collaborative
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: May 17, 2010
State HIE Toolkit Module: Vulnerable Populations & HIE
Author: LTPAC HIT Collaborative
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: November 16, 2010
LTPAC HEALTH IT Collaborative Public Comments on ONC Federal HIT Strategic Plan 2011 – 2015
Author: LTPAC HIT Collaborative
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: May 06, 2011
Roadmap for Health IT in Long Term and Post-Acute Care, 2012-2014
Author: LTPAC HIT Collaborative
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: June 26, 2012
State HIE Toolkit Module: Vulnerable Populations & HIE
Author: LTPAC HIT Collaborative
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: November 16, 2010
Understanding Release of Information in Long-Term Care Facilities
Author: Marsh, Carmilla
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2002
Release of information is a perennial challenge for HIM professionals in all care settings. However, long-term care offers some special challenges, especially in the light of the HIPAA privacy rule published in December 2000 (with a compliance date of April 2003). This article reviews the basi....
Long-Term Care for Older Adults: A Review of Home and Community-Based Services Versus Institutional Care
Author: Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center
Source: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
Publication Date: November 07, 2012
Taking the Initiative with Nursing Home Quality
Author: Mitchell, Sue
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2003
When the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued its highlights of 2002, the listing of significant accomplishments included the departments efforts to improve quality of care. Discussion of quality improvement efforts focused on the departments initiatives in measurin....
Implementation of Health Information Technology in Long-Term Care Settings: Findings from the AHRQ Health IT Portfolio
Author: Mohamoud, Shamis; Byrne, Colene; Samarth, Anita; U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. National Resource Center for Health Information Technology
Source: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
Publication Date: October 15, 2009
Long Term Care: Keeping the Promise, Today and Tomorrow
Author: Roadman, Charles H. II
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2000
As we prepare to address the challenges and opportunities ahead, providing compassionate, quality care to residents in long term care settings must remain our top priority. The 21st century is an opportunity for the long term care community to work on behalf of elderly and disabled cit....
Medicare Program: Prospective Payment System for Long-Term Care Hospitals: Proposed Annual Payment Rate Updates and Policy Changes
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: April 30, 2003
April 30, 2003
Thomas A. Scully
Administrator
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Attention: CMS-1472-P
P.O. Box 8010
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850
RE: Medicare Program: Prospective Payment System for Long-....
CPR in Long Term Care
Author: Schoenfelt, Suzanne
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 1999
Throughout the healthcare industry, the computer-based patient record (CPR) is in various stages of development. This article assesses the progress long term care facilities are making in moving toward the CPR. The article also suggests some ways HIM professionals can devel....
Practice Toolkit: Medicare Billing in Long-term Care
Author: Sims, Michelle
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2005
In order to accurately bill for long-term care, an organization must achieve consistency between the minimum data set (MDS) and the UB-92. The first step is to ensure compliance with the completion of the MDS. It is helpful to have a system that identifies the assessment reference date span an....
Checking the Numbers: Public Reporting of Quality Measures Puts Nursing Homes, HIM Professionals in Spotlight
Author: Slomski, Anita J.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2003
Nursing homes have long been aware of how they stack up to other facilities in terms of clinical quality. Now, with Nursing Home Compare, the public is aware, too. Heres how HIM professionals play a part in getting these data right.
Two years ago, if I had told our CQI team I wante....
Stars Shine in Successful Electronic Record Implementation
Author: Spohn, Renae
Source: Long Term Care Insights | AHIMA newsletter article
Publication Date: May 2009
The Royal Oaks Lifecare Center in Sun City, AZ, has been using Momentum Healthware electronic record software since 2003. The Royal Oaks campus is a private pay campus, made up of 500 assisted living and independent living apartments as well as 122 private skilled nursing beds. The origin....
NH Regulations Plus
Author: University of Minnesota
Source: External web site
Publication Date: July 03, 2007
Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System: Short-Stay Outliers Fact Sheet
Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: June 02, 2004
Hospital Inpatient PPS FY 2004 Final Rule (CMS-1470-F). Table 11: FY 2004 LTC-DRGs, Relative Weights, Geometric Average Length of Stay, and 5/6th of the Average Length of Stay
Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: September 24, 2003
LTC-DRG Description Relative Weight Geometric Average Length of Stay 5/6th of the Average Length of Stay 1 5 CRANIOTOMY AGE>17 W CC 2.0841 40.0 33.3 2 <....
Survey and Enforcement Process for SNF's and NF's
Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: December 02, 1999
Surveyor Procedures for Pharmaceutical Service Requirements in Long-Term Care...
Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: September 02, 1990
State Operations Manual
Appendix....
Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System: High Cost Outliers Fact Sheet
Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: June 02, 2004
Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System for Long-Term Care Hospitals: Annual Payment Rate Updates, Policy Changes, and Clarification; Final Rule
Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Source: Federal Register
Publication Date: May 06, 2005
Minimum Data Set (MDS) Draft Version 3.0
Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: April 02, 2003
Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for 2008; Final Rule
Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Source: Federal Register
Publication Date: August 03, 2007
MDS 2.0 Manuals and Forms
Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: June 02, 2004
Minimum Data Set (MDS) Draft Version 3.0
Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: April 02, 2003
Survey and Enforcement Process for SNFs and NFs
(revisions through 1/99)
Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: January 02, 1999
State Operations Manual Chapter 7 - Survey and Enforcement Process for SNFs and NFs
Table of Contents 7000 Introduction 7001 ....
PPS for Long-Term Care Hospitals...; Final Rule
Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Source: Federal Register
Publication Date: August 30, 2002
OIG Compliance Program Guidance for Nursing Facilities
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Inspector General
Source: Federal Register
Publication Date: March 16, 2000
Inappropriate Payments To Skilled Nursing Facilities Cost Medicare More Than A Billion Dollars In 2009
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Inspector General
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: November 12, 2012
Health IT in Long-term and Post Acute Care
Author: U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: March 15, 2013
AHIMA Comments: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Requirements for Long Term Care Facilities and Hospice Services
Author: Viola, Allison F.
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: December 21, 2010
Preventing Risk in Long-term Care: Lessons Learned
Author: Wright, Amy
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2003
If you or a loved one has been the victim of nursing home abuse, please call for a free consultation. This refrain is familiar to Floridians and is quickly moving to other states where laws allow large punitive or damage awards for malpractice lawsuits.
Long-term c....
When Bad Documentation Happens to Good Long Term Care Facilities
Author: Yoder, Lois M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 1999
Good documentation is a must in all settingsbut long term care faces some special problems. Improving a long term care documentation program takes education, awareness, vigilance, and attention to detail. Here are some strategies.
It's a factwhen patient loads are hig....
Accreditation Requirements For ORYX: The Next Evolution in Accreditation
Author: Zeglen, Margaret
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 1997
Introduction
In January 1997, the Board of Commissioners of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations approved new requirements for participation in the accreditation process for hospitals and long term care facilities. The requirements apply to performanc....
Maximizing Data Quality of the Minimum Data Set
Author: Zender, Anne
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 1998
HIM professionals who work in long term care settings are well acquainted with the Minimum Data Set 2.0 (MDS). Since 1990, it has been part of the standardized assessments that nursing homes participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs must complete. Starting this summer, updated submis....
Long Term Care Meets Information Challenges
Author: Zender, Anne
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 1998
As the Net surfers of today become the long term care consumers of tomorrow, the long term care industry faces new challenges. Patients and their families are growing increasingly interested in information that will help them make more informed decisions about healthcare. A....
Setting the Standard in Assisted Living
Author:
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2000
Have you found yourself in the position of developing or reviewing health information and documentation policies for an assisted living facility? If so, you know that it is not easy to find resources or standards for this growing industry. However, both the Joint Commission on Accredit....
Long Term Care Insights
Author:
Source: AHIMA newsletter
Publication Date: May 2008
HCFA Eyes Nursing Homes
Author:
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2000
HCFA Administrator Nancy-Ann DeParle announced immediate actions developed by the Clinton administration to ensure quality care in nursing homes. According to the announcement, HCFA has: instructed states to impose immediate sanctions, such as fines, against nursing homes in more situatio....
Long Term Care Insights Newsletter Spring 2011
Author:
Source: AHIMA newsletter
Publication Date: May 23, 2011
Long Term Care Insights
Author:
Source: AHIMA newsletter
Publication Date: March 2008
Addressing HIPAA Across the Continuum
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Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2002
HIPAA is an issue in hospitals across the nation, but what about other kinds of facilitiessuch as long-term care, behavioral health, or home care organizations? They, too, need to address HIPAA. We asked three HIM professionals who work in these settings to briefly address how HIPAA is ch....
Long Term Care Insights September 2007
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Source: AHIMA newsletter
Publication Date: September 28, 2007
Long Term Care Insights
Author:
Source: AHIMA newsletter
Publication Date: January 2007
OIG Issues Nursing Compliance Guidance
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Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2000
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) has published the OIG Compliance Program Guidance for Nursing Facilities. Published in the Federal Register on March 16, 2000, the document contains seven fundamental elements for an effective complia....
Compliance Across the Continuum: What Works
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Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2000
Reducing fraud and abuse.
Making operations run more smoothly.
Improving services.
Keeping a lid on costs.
Compliance programs aim to do all of these things. And with expertise in coding, reimbursement, and regulatory matters, HIM professionals are natural members of....
Long Term Care Insights Newsletter Winter 2011
Author:
Source: AHIMA newsletter
Publication Date: February 15, 2011
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