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Sleep : Patient Records Must Include Completed Questionnaires
Maintaining accurate records for your sleep patients is essential to ensuring the provision of quality care.
Preparation Key to Effectively Handling Emergencies
ACHC Standards and Medicare Conditions for Coverage (CfCs) require organizations to develop an emergency preparedness plan.
Plan Ahead for Potential Drug Recalls
As drug recalls become more common, pharmacies should ensure they are prepared to effectively manage them and minimize risk for patients and their business.
P&Ps Should Address Repeated Polysomnography Testing
Duplicate polysomnography services are rarely medically necessary in consecutive years, according to Medicare fraud investigators and sleep medicine professionals.
Effective Date Set for Revised ABN Form
The revised Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN), Form CMS-R-131, is now available to download from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Affected organizations must start using the updated ABN form by June 30, 2023.
Pharmacy: Standards Require Credential Verification
Verifying pharmacy personnel credentials is important to ensure compliance with payor requirements and government regulations.