Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare HHS has posted the 94-page 2022 Medicare Fee-for-Service Supplemental Improper Payment Data report. This document supplements improper payment information in the annual HHS AFR. PIIA requires improper payment reporting in the HHS AFR. The improper payment rate calculation complies with the requirements of OMB Circular A-123,…… Continue reading 2022 Medicare Fee-for-Service Supplemental Improper Payment Data

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP  Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare “Twenty-four percent of U.S. adults ages 50 and older say they, or a loved one needed long-term care in the past year, according to a new, national survey commissioned by Nexus Insights, a think tank focused on older adults. The research was conducted by the…… Continue reading One in Four U.S. Older Adults Needed Long-Term Care for Themselves or a Loved One in 2022   

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS, on behalf of HHS, issued the proposed rule, Adoption of Standards for Health Care Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures, and Modification to Referral Certification and Authorization Transaction Standard (CMS-0053-P). If finalized, the proposed rule would adopt standards for “health care attachments” transactions, such as medical charts, x-rays,…… Continue reading HHS Proposes to Standardize Electronic Health Care Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signature Processes to Improve the Care Experience for Patients and Providers

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare “America’s taxpayers could see recoupment of billions of dollars in misspent Medicare, Medicaid, and other health and human services funds as a result of work by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), according to a new report. The Fall 2022 Semiannual…… Continue reading Taxpayers Could Save Nearly $4 Billion Dollars as a Result of HHS-OIG

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The pre-rulemaking process provides the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) with a vehicle to hear from stakeholders for early consideration of measures. CMS is issuing this List of Measures Under Consideration (MUC) to comply with the statutory requirement that the Secretary of the Department…… Continue reading Overview of the List of Measures Under Consideration for December 1, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare National Influenza Vaccination Week is a critical opportunity to remind everyone 6 months and older that there’s still time to protect themselves and their loved ones from flu this flu season by getting their annual flu vaccine if they have not already. Currently, flu activity is…… Continue reading National Influenza Vaccination Week: December 5-12

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Each year on December 1st, we commemorate World AIDS Day. This important awareness day remains a time to reflect on our worldwide response to HIV/AIDS while honoring the lives of those lost to AIDS-related illnesses. On this day, we also renew our commitment to supporting the…… Continue reading World AIDS Day: Putting Ourselves to the Test – Achieving Equity to End HIV

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Once considered a potentially static field of medicine, the discipline of studying infectious diseases has proven to be dynamic as emerging and reemerging infectious diseases present continuous challenges, Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., writes in a perspective in the New England Journal of Medicine. In the piece,…… Continue reading It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over…but It’s Never Over – Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted QSO-23-04-Hospitals on Monday, November 28, 2022. This is a 3-page Memorandum. “CMS believes that healthcare workers have a right to provide care in a safe setting. CMS health and safety requirements do not preclude healthcare workers from taking appropriate action to protect themselves from…… Continue reading Workplace Violence – Hospitals

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This accredited continuing education activity is intended primarily for healthcare workers and teams which may include but are not limited to, medical and nursing staff, administration, education/training leadership, and infection control leadership. Staff specializing in emergency management, communications, specialized clinical areas, laboratory, facilities management and environmental services are also…… Continue reading Infection Prevention Learning Journey