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New iPad offering to aid home health clinicians in capturing documentation in a secure and HIPPA compliant manner
Anaheim, Ca/November 29, 2011/ Select Data, Inc./-(www.selectdata.com) has announced their new iPad application offering for use in the home health market. Developed to enable clinicians to document in a more expedient manner, the iPad bridges the clinical data capture gap between traditional paper methods of documentation and utilizing point of care devices in the field. [...]
Read more...Caring Across the Transitions: The Federal Health Information Technology Strategic Plan 2011-2015
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) have and will continue to have some of the most significant impact on how this nation will care for patients as well as store and access data on those patients. As just a part of the latter Act, HIPAA [...]
Read more...Educational Videos: Clinical Compliance Role Of Verbal Orders CY 2011
Clinical Compliance Role Of Verbal Orders CY 2011 Susan Carmichael, Chief Compliance Officer at Select Data answers a very import question regarding CMS changes for Cy2011 regarding the role of verbal orders. Susan will answer more questions you have. Fill out your question in the comment box below. To find out more about Compliance for [...]
Read more...CMS released the final regulation; Compliance Q&A; Speech and Language Pathology, the “OTHER” Therapy
CMS released the final regulation which implement a new form of healthcare organization, the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) On October 20, 2011the US Department of Health and Human Services released the final rule implementing the ACO Shared Savings Program and the complementary regulations and guidance from CMS/OIG as well as the DOJ/FTC. It should be [...]
Read more...Speech and Language Pathology, the “OTHER” Therapy
While there is much focus on PT and OT, know that documentation will be scrutinized regarding Speech/Language Pathology also. Most clinicians have a good understanding of how PT and OT intervenes with the clients but many clinicians may admit, that other than help with dysphagia, they are uncertain what other care the S/LP can provide? [...]
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