Bureau Talk 2010

October 2010 – No Bureau Talk this month

July 2010

• Hotline Hours Have Changed
• CLIA Multi-Site Exception
• CLIA Certificates
• Paperless System
• Respite Care
• Dietary Services
• Unwanted Controlled Substances
• OASIS

Attachment A – How Patients Should Destroy Unwanted Medications
Attachment B – Medicare Fraud and Abuse

April 2010

• Staff Changes
• Family Care Safety Registry Fee Increase
• E-mails
• Changes of Ownership
• EMSystem
• Contracted Employees for Hospice
• The Hospice Initial Assessment
• Statistical Reports
• Operation of HHA's Across State Lines
• Changes in Provider Information
• OPT Fiscal Intermediary Contacts
• Possible Denial of Medicare Payments
• OASIS
• OASIS Automation-Conversion to Personal Login ID's

Attachment A – Two Year Transition from OASIS B1 to OASISC Grid
Attachment B – OASIS–C Q & A's
Attachment C – OASIS Individual ID Registration User's Guide

 

January 2010 - No Bureau Talk this month