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VNAA Education – Are You Utilizing your Member Benefit?
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Jan 30th, 2012
Have you taken advantage of your VNAA Member Benefit of reduced priced Education programs in 2012?
All VNAA Members receive a 50% discount on all Professional Lecture Series (PLS) Webinars. Registration for each PLS costs $75.00 per conference line for members and $150.00 for nonmembers. There...
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Senate Report Suggests Fraud Within Big Four; Prepare for Therapy Audits
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Nov 7th, 2011
Expect your therapy documentation to face increased scrutiny from outside auditors now that a new Senate Finance Committee report reveals evidence that the three largest home health companies scheduled unnecessary visits to reach therapy thresholds and maximize Medicare reimbursements.
The Oct....
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Register for the VNAA’s Next Educational Opportunity
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Sep 12th, 2011
As part of the 2011 Professional Lecture Series, VNAA will be hosting Beth Hennessey, Paula Suter and Lisa Gorski as they present “Best Practices for Heart Failure: How to Position Your Agency for Healthcare Reform and Beyond.”
Three main learning objectives of the session include:
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CMS to Use Predictive Modeling to Detect Fraudulent Medicare Claims
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Jul 5th, 2011
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin using “predictive modeling” technology to detect fraudulent claims from among the 4.5 million Medicare claims they receive on a daily basis. CMS intends to begin using the predictive modeling technology on July 1, 2011.
The fraud...
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CMS Offers Clarification on Hospice Conditions of Participation
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May 9th, 2011
Recently the VNAA has received some questions about the hospice CoP's as they relate to finger-printing and the need for criminal background checks. We passed this inquiry along to CMS and have received the following response:
"The CoPs require the hospice to conduct criminal background checks...
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Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Website Launched by CMS, Implementation of RACs Delayed
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Mar 7th, 2011
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has delayed the implementation of states Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor programs. "Out of consideration for state operational issues and to ensure states comply with the provisions of the final rule, we have determined that states will not be...
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