Phase II Effective November 28th, 2017! Are you ready? New SOM/OBRA Regulations with new tag numbers from 540-949 to be implemented by November 28th, 2017, Phase 2. We’ve been in the throes of final rule CMS regulatory changes that started in November 2016 and will continue through not just Phase 2, but also [...]
AIT without Lesley Powell's Administrator In Training! CMS are working very hard to make the most recent changes to the SOM. Content from the old regulations has been re-arranged, revised and some completely new. The intention is to have the new tags in print by November 28, 2017 which is the implementation date [...]
The mega-rule updates for AIT’s taking the NAB exam starting in July 2017 is causing much stress to many individuals. The regulations have been reorganized, revised and new laws added. You got this! I've read articles that say that there haven't been any substantial changes to the Federal Regulations since 1991. That's not [...]
The CDC is a site that all healthcare workers should visit. Healthcare is such a big beautiful melting pot of many different cultures from all around the world. That being said, many healthcare workers travel every year outside of the US. Ideally, healthcare workers would notify the Administrator and/or DSD or Infection Preventionists of their [...]
Well, we knew it was coming. Identity theft has been an issue for years but in the last few years it’s been such a problem that even the Federal Register inserted verbiage that if anyone knew of a way to protect personal information, other than encryption to give them a call. HHS just fined a surgical [...]
