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Home Health Coding Summit
Coding is more important than ever before, and you deserve to be at the one event that will ensure you have all of the latest knowledge. Get the latest guidance for accurate coding & compliance. DecisionHealth is happy to announce the return of our annual and much-loved Home Health Coding Summit, to be held August 16-19, 2021 in Las Vegas at the beautiful Caesars Palace. | | |
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| Skilled Nursing Facility | Antifungal-resistant yeast infections found in D.C. nursing home residents | | The CDC identified 101 cases of antifungal-resistant yeast infections among Washington D.C. nursing home residents between January and April. These infections included cases of candida auris, an infection resistant to all known treatments, primarily Echinocandins, and is cause for alarm, according to the CDC. “Echinocandin resistance is a concerning clinical and public health threat, particularly … |
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Private Duty National Conference & Expo
DecisionHealth is hosting the 2021 Private Duty National Conference & Expo in Las Vegas, October 27-29, for a wonderful and responsible reunion. This 2½-day conference and expo will cover real-life examples of how private duty home care agencies can create solid infection control policies, keep clients and caregivers safe, develop flexible scheduling, increase their profits, retain caregivers, and comply with wage-and-hour regulations. | | |
| Home Health | OIG: Palmetto failed to collect $545,639 in hospice overpayments | | The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) is calling for Palmetto GBA to refund $17,513 to hospices and attempt to collect $545,639 in overpayments after an audit of the Medicare contractor’s policy around overpayments in lookback years. The OIG noted Palmetto policies that waived collection for overpayments for a lookback … |
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