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Understanding the PEPPER Can Reduce Home Health and Skilled Nursing Audit Risks

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Every year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) releases the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER). This free resource is accessible online and can play an essential part in your internal compliance program in 2023, a year of increased oversight by CMS. Home health agencies. Reducing audit risks.

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Importance of Image and Respect for Home Health Recruitment and Retention

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The increased pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic has presented never-before-seen growth opportunities for home health agencies and their workforce, as Bill Dombi, President of the National Association of Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), noted in a December 2021 webinar titled The State of Home Health.

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Survey Readiness: Post-Acute Care Compliance Checkup

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Whether your focus is skilled nursing, home health, hospice, or another post-acute sector, are you confident in your survey readiness? With the Biden administration advocating for stricter scrutiny on nursing homes, we know inspection of healthcare facilities may increase even more.