Health Care articles by Angela Martin http://www.ideamarketers.com/library/profile.cfm?writerid=66885 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) developed the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) that health care organizations must meet in order to continue participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=926542 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=926542 certainly drawing near, but are you ready for the sea of changes that OASIS C will bring forth with it What are the new processes that CMS is adding to it http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=926538 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=926538 subsequent hospital care code This means that most subsequent hospital visits are either low-level services or Ob-Gyns regularly undercode for inpatient care http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=926535 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=926535 Get rehab documentation and compared to other specialties, via audio conference, CD, transcripts and PDFs http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=926531 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=926531 Pressure ulcer item numbers are changing from the current OASIS tool to OASIS C and the definitions, terms used, and question topics CMS updated this area to reflect current state-of-the-art knowledge http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=902543 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=902543 Home care providers will certainly feel the heat After the House and Senate passed their respective reform bills, Congress ability to send one approved reform bill to the US president is looking positive http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=902537 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=902537 Home care providers will certainly feel the heat After the House and Senate passed their respective reform bills, Congress ability to send one approved reform bill to the US president is looking positive http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=902531 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=902531 CMS lays down that any language under the physicians signature which attests that by signing, the physician confirms that the review of the patients medical record and the examination of the patient meet the attestation regulatory requirement http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=902527 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=902527 It is been observed that black cancer patients are not given as much attention as their white counterparts when it comes to end of life care According to a new study black cancer patients end-of-life treatment preferences were followed less freque http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=872342 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=872342 All the home health agencies wishing for a Christmas miracle of delayed OASIS C implementation are in for some disappointment as the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS) is going ahead with the January 1 implementation of OASIS C http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=872334 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=872334