Regulatory Compliance
04/02/2071
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was declared a national emergency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is implementing a new diagnosis code U07.1 (COVID-19) into the ICD-10-CM code set.
04/02/2071
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was declared a national emergency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is implementing a new diagnosis code U07.1 (COVID-19) into the ICD-10-CM code set.
02/12/2026
Press Ganey’s Healthcare Consumer Experience 2025 report reframes patient safety as something broader and more consequential: a trust strategy.
02/05/2026
Use audit reports, like the recent string of home health reviews by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG), as a learning opportunity to avoid the kind of routine mistakes that are clearly a focus for reviewers.
02/05/2026
Explore some examples cited in recent HHS Office of Inspector General reviews of home health agency claims.
02/05/2026
Check in with your staff before a visit from surveyors. Even if the survey is routine and expected, making sure that your staff feel prepared and comfortable with observation can help prevent easily avoidable mistakes.
01/28/2026
Prepare for potential government investigations or raids so that your staff members are capable of continuing operations in the face of these unusual circumstances.
01/23/2026
Investigators will be analyzing a subset of agency claims that received increased payments for select comorbidities and assessing whether claims from outside of the agency identified the same condition.
01/22/2026
In a new advisory opinion, the OIG addressed the question of whether agencies can market that they will pay sign-on bonuses to prospective employees and then employ individuals who receive bonuses to provide services to their family members. 
01/22/2026
With the increase in influenza cases floating around this season, it is important to ensure that coders know how to accurately capture these illnesses.

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