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Heart Failure: Learn Best Practices for your Agency
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Sep 6th, 2011
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has some startling statistics regarding heart failure in the United States. Not only is heart related diseases the number one cause of death, but in 2010 heart failure cost the United States $39.2 billion. What do these numbers tell us?
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Using Evidence-based Practice to Develop Annual Meeting Abstract Proposals
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Aug 8th, 2011
Every year, new and insightful clinical information is updated for home healthcare and hospice. While some of this information may seem useful, there is a standard for which clinical practices are deemed acceptable in the home. The VNAA encourages authors of abstracts to use Evidence-based Practice...
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HHS Issues Rule Requiring Individuals Be Notified of Breaches of their Health Information
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Aug 24th, 2009
On August 19, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued “breach notification” regulations requiring healthcare providers and other Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) covered entities to notify affected individuals following a breach of unsecured...
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CMS Notice Urges Providers to Plan for Version 5010 of the HIPAA Standards
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Jun 1st, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is urging providers to be ready for Medicare's transition to an updated online claims submission system. The implementation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) 5010 will result in substantial changes in the content...
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HIPAA Privacy Clarifications on Sharing Information with Family and Friends
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Sep 29th, 2008
In an apparent reaction to the understandably cautious manner in which many providers restrict the discussion of private health information with the family, friends and others involved in the patient’s care, HHS has released a very brief, 2-page, guide that clarifies this issue. Given some of the...
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National Provider Identifier (NPI) Registry Opens
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Sep 24th, 2007
While VNAs got a temporary reprieve from reporting the NPIs of their referral sources, now would be a good time begin to collect any missing NPIs. CMS has officially opened public access to the directory of NPIs. And, since physician bills have been rejected for missing NPIs for a few months,...
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