While healthcare funding and new regulations continue to evolve, there can often be confusion about various programs for federally funded centers on how these programs intersect. For safety-net providers like […]
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Are You Down with PPS?
If you are currently billing to Medicaid or Medicare, you are likely familiar with the Prospective Payment System (PPS) outlined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). For […]
Read MoreWhy Public Health Departments should focus on improving workflow as well as EHR implementation
What is workflow and why should you care? Over the past few years, public health agencies have seen ongoing reduction in funding while their operational costs keep going up. Sure, […]
Read MoreCredentialing Made Easier for Local Health Departments
First, let’s be clear about credentialing. You do not credential facilities, you credential providers, but it does benefit the facility in terms of revenue and reputation. But let’s face it, […]
Read MoreWorking Together: Top 10 Public Health Achievements in 10 year span. How can local health departments continue to make more impact?
Remember the eye exams for color blindness? Where a series of dots in various colors hide a number or a shape? At first it may be hard to see, but […]
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