Host: Faith M Jones, MSN, RN, NEA-BC - Director of Care Coordination and Lean Consulting, HealthTechS3 The Care Coordinator role in primary care is a pivotal position that improves patient outcome and increases clinic revenue. View More

Host: Carolyn St.Charles, RN, BSN, MBA - Chief Regional Clinical Officer, HealthTechS3February 8, 2019 Email: carolyn.stcharles@healthtechs3.com Our webinar will focus on strategies for growing your swing bed program volume.   We will discuss admission criteria and length of stay, as well as quality metrics to show the effectiveness of your Swing Bed program. View More

The Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) was enacted in 1986 to make sure that individuals have access to emergency services regardless of their ability to pay.

This past September, Wisconsin Republican Representative Sean Duffy introduced a bill (H.R. 6986) that would amend the Social Security Act to change the mandatory Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) training prohibitions that are imposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). According to Rep. Duffy,

MSP or Medicare Secondary Payer refers to benefits provided to a beneficiary when Medicare is not the primary insurance. According to CMS, when Medicare began, they were the primary payer except when Worker’s Compensation, Veteran Administration, or Black Lung Benefits were involved.

According to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), “Hospice provides support and care for persons in the last phases of an incurable disease so that they may live as fully and comfortably as possible.”

HealthTechS3’s Annual Trustee and Physician Conference will be held in San Antonio, Texas April 28 – May 1, 2019. For more information, click here