Professional Resources

• June 2018: Compliance Newsletter

  On June 1, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its semiannual report to congress.

  The report covers a six-month period, October 2017 – March 2018. The report highlights ac-
  complishments, participation in Congressional hearings and updates related to oversight

  activities. In the reports opening message, Inspector General, Daniel Levinson, highlighted

  the department’s work towards combating the opioid crisis, the need to improve cyberse-
  curity across four Health and Human Services Departments and their work in the area of en-
  suring that those in foster care and group homes receive high-quality services.

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• June 2018: LTC Newsletter

  Twenty-nine states have legalized marijuana for medical use and nine states have legalized
  marijuana for recreational use for those individuals 21 years of age or older.1 These changes
  have led many industries to remove marijuana from their drug screens citing concerns over
  staffing if workers who test positive are fired.2 Will healthcare facilities continue to drug test
  employees in states where marijuana has been legalized?

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• 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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