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Record-Keeping Beyond Charts

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Clinical and Medical Records No surprise here Every practice must keep all records related to patient care, including progress notes, treatment plans, lab results, imaging, and prescriptions. Well also touch on strategies for managing records efficiently and securely. Types of Records Your Practice Must Keep 1.

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Anti-Kickback Statute and Physician Self-Referral Law Healthcare Compliance Training

American Medical Compliance

The following Anti-Kickback Statute and Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law) Training educates healthcare providers on the provisions of the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law. Consequently, the healthcare compliance statute covers any item that federal health care programs pay for.

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How to Keep Patients Satisfied — and Raise Your Patient Satisfaction Scores

Relias

Healthcare organizations receive scores from the HCAHPS survey , which according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is “the first national, standardized, publicly reported survey of patients’ perspectives of hospital care.” While this behavior may boost satisfaction ratings, it can also jeopardize quality of care.

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The nurse’s role in advance care planning

American Nurse

Takeaways: The 1990 Federal Patient Self Determination Act requires that Medicare- and Medicaid-funded healthcare organizations follow state laws related to advance directives. Advance directives are legal documents that allow adults to record their wishes related to serious illness or end-of-life care.

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Home health nursing

American Nurse

Patient-centered care focused on self-sufficiency The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) uses the term “home health” to describe a federal health insurance program that provides intermittent short-term care to help patients recover from illness and become as self-sufficient as possible at home.