Professional Resources

• May C4 Newsletter

  Do you believe that you are prepared and ready each day
  to receive the message that surveyors are at your front
  door or is survey readiness one of the things that cause
  you sleepless nights?

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• April 2018: Compliance Newsletter

  The development and implementation of physician contracts can be extremely complicat-
  ed. When developing these contracts, the Stark Laws and Anti-kickback statutes have to be

  taken into consideration. The Stark Law was enacted almost 30 years ago and was devel-
  oped to remove financial motivations for physicians to order unnecessary testing, and to con-
  trol overall health care costs.

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• April 2018: LTC Newsletter

  In 2016, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS)
  performed an overhaul of long-term care (LTC) requirements.
  Due to the significant number of changes and the time needed

  to become compliant, CMS developed a phased implementa-
  tion approach. There are three implementation deadlines. The

  first, November 28, 2016 included those changes that were simple

  to implement.

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• April C4 Newsletter

  HealthTechS3 Recruiting has been filling key hospital
  positions because we have deep industry experience
  and understand the key factors and issues which must
  be considered when recruiting for a hospital. Our
  track record includes the completion of over 600
  searches for all sizes of hospitals across the country.

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• Februaury C4 Newsletter

  A recent posting from CMS included the selection of
  32 new quality measures for 2018, and NQF has
  submitted recommendations to the U.S. Department
  of Health and Human Services (HHS) for 35
  standardized performance measures on February 1.
  Based on these two initiatives, it becomes apparent
  that even greater emphasis is being placed on quality
  and patient safety.

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• January C4 Newsletter

  The concept of strategic planning and the structure around it is relatively simple, yet the thoughts and
  ultimately the energy to create ideas to support success is the real challenge. Dialogue and decision-
  making relative to priorities should always be the focus with questions and discussion that address such
  topics as the future vision, significant challenges, the value proposition, the strategic milestone to
  achieve the vision, and the 4-7 critical steps to overcome any potential obstacles.

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• C4 December

  HTS3 is providing monthly webinars that will offer contemporary and informative topics for all to learn new strategies and actions to continually improve performance. The First Quarter of 2018 webinars are provided with the corresponding links to register below. Please share the calendar with everyone so no one misses the valuable content.

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• HIPAA Privacy In Rural Health Care

  Practicing healthcare in rural communities can
  create unique barriers to compliance with

  HIPAA Privacy Laws. Both clinical and non-
  clinical staff is frequently called upon to serve

  their neighbors and their own families when
  providing healthcare services in both the rural
  clinic and rural hospital setting.

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• November 2017: LTC Newsletter

  Due to the number of changes, the implementation dates for the rules were separated into three different phases. Phase one changes went into effect on November 28, 2016. Phase Two, which contains a significant number of changes is scheduled to be implemented this month, November 28, 2017, and Phase Three, November 28, 2019.

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• C4 November

  The recent report from Leapfrog and a review of the data caused consternation from this writer. It is important for everyone to know that I believe that data is critical and should be available for making knowledgeable decisions. However, after reviewing the Leapfrog report, it became quite apparent that measuring performance is clearly not a perfected science, and requires considerable man hours to assure accurate reporting.

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