Author : James A. Kopf
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781578394173
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (941 download)
Book Synopsis Patient Safety Meets Corporate Compliance by : James A. Kopf
Download or read book Patient Safety Meets Corporate Compliance written by James A. Kopf and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hospitals could lose millions in Medicare reimbursement for failing to report quality data measures. That's in addition to fines and penalties under the False Claims Act. The new book, Patient Safety Meets Corporate Compliance: Ensure Quality of Care to Avoid Fines and Prosecution provides the information needed to file patient care data that reflects each facility's commitment to excellence. It includes audit tools and sample policies and procedures to help comply with Medicare regulations and other state and federal regulations, bill appropriately, and ensure that staff are properly credentialed. Hospitals providing inadequate care face steep fines and penalties. The Office of Inspector General and the Department of Justice are making investigating and prosecuting quality-of-care violations a top focus area. Providing excellent patient care may have substantial pay-offs. Hospitals that participate in the CMS quality initiative will receive a 2% bonus on their Medicare payments if their reported data is in the top 10%. Runners-up with reported data that ranks in the top 20% will receive a 1% bonus. This book can help hospital compliance programs to meet the government's regulations for reporting patient care data.