Homecare providers are trying to stop the passage of a Senate budget bill that would mean "sweeping changes" in capped rental policy and freeze home health reimbursement for 2006, which they say will burden both patients and providers, according to Medical News Today. The House of Representatives passed its budget bill late last year, but it must vote again because the Senate bill has minor changes. The American Association for Homecare and other organizations are lobbying their … [Read more...] about Homecare Providers Say NO
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Some Good Katrina News
Here we have a story about clients from a group home for mentally ill men who evacuated themselves after being separated from caregivers: Their odyssey began with the rest of New Orleans' poor. They knew the hurricane was coming but had no cars to make their escape and no place to go anyway. On Aug. 28, the day before the storm hit, the Abstract House caretakers hustled the 16 residents and Campos, a former resident who was visiting for the weekend, into vans headed for the Superdome, … [Read more...] about Some Good Katrina News
Sue Bob’s Diary: Adventures in HIPAA Land Part 2: Going to the Drug Store
Applies to all facilities and covered entities Posted October 10, 2002 By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D., Garlo Ward, P.C. I left Dr. Eberhardt's office and drove to the town square to go to the drugstore. Dale Nichols is the town pharmacist. He grew up in this town, and has only left long enough to go to college and pharmacy school. I walked out of the searing heat into the cool of Dale's drugstore. Dale was standing behind the counter, he looked at me with the same wary look in his eye he's had … [Read more...] about Sue Bob’s Diary: Adventures in HIPAA Land Part 2: Going to the Drug Store
Sue Bob’s Diary: Why HIPAA is like Duck Poop (Do you go by State or Federal Law?)
Applies to all facilities and covered entities Posted January 2, 2003 By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D., Garlo Ward, P.C. It was a crisply cool and sunny Saturday morning and there I was in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart in our little Texas Hill Country town. Wal-Mart is the closest thing we have to a mall, and along with the Dairy Queen, it is one of the social centers of the town. Our little town doesn't have a Starbucks, so Wal-Mart is where the men of the town gather to have coffee on … [Read more...] about Sue Bob’s Diary: Why HIPAA is like Duck Poop (Do you go by State or Federal Law?)
Sue Bob’s Diary: Texas Supreme Court Incites People To “Channel While Dressed Like Tinkerbell”: Another Litigation Floodgate Opens
Applies to ICF-MR's and covered entities Posted January 31, 2003 By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D., Garlo Ward, P.C. I was taking my daily walk in the neighborhood when I saw a familiar person standing on the sidewalk a block away. I walked up and saw that it was Lucas Pahl. Lucas is the QMRP for several ICF-MR's in our little town and surrounding towns in the Hill Country. Lucas is about my age. He can truthfully be described as tall, dark and extremely handsome. Of course, when he first came to … [Read more...] about Sue Bob’s Diary: Texas Supreme Court Incites People To “Channel While Dressed Like Tinkerbell”: Another Litigation Floodgate Opens
Sue Bob’s Diary: Soap Opera at the Serendipity (Bad Faith Complaints)
By Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D. Posted June 5, 2003 Today, I was in the produce department at the local HEB Pantry Store trying to open one of those stupid, plastic, impossible-to-open produce bags. I was almost to the point of tearing into it with my teeth when I saw Sam Hershey, the Administrator at the Serendipity Rest Home. Sam has been Administrator at the Serendipity since 1995. Prior to that, he was in the Marines for 20 years. In 2000, he became the owner of the Serendipity because he … [Read more...] about Sue Bob’s Diary: Soap Opera at the Serendipity (Bad Faith Complaints)
The Quality Assessment and Assurance Committee
By Jerri Lynn Ward, esq., Garlo Ward, P.C. with Interviews with Rose Ireland, Texas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging; and L. Eric Friedland, esq., Martin & Friedland, P.C. Posted June 27, 2002 We live in the most litigious society in the world. The effect is corrosive to the human spirit and to attempts to improve the human condition. This is demonstrated day after day by television pundits and trial lawyers as they continually engage in the "blame game." Each day, you see … [Read more...] about The Quality Assessment and Assurance Committee
HIPAA: What You Really Need to Know
For more information contact Jerri Lynn Ward. Posted November 13, 2002 Applicable to All Covered Entities The Privacy Rule under HIPAA requires that all covered entities be compliant by April 14, 2003. As of November 14, 2002 you have less than 6 months to make your facility, business, office or practice HIPAA compliant. HIPAA contains over 400 pages of legalese that the average healthcare provider has little time to read and analyze. The following is a short summary of those 400 … [Read more...] about HIPAA: What You Really Need to Know
ICF-MR’s and the Aftermath of Texas Home Management, Inc. vs. Peavy
For more information contact Jerri Lynn Ward. Applicable to ICF-MR's Posted March 25, 2003 The recent Texas Supreme Court Case, Texas Home Management, Inc. vs. Peavy has, again, proven the axiom, bad facts make bad law. In October 2002 the Texas Supreme Court held that an ICFMR might be liable for a murder committed by a resident, while he was on an unsupervised home visit. A facility owned and managed by Texas Home Management, Inc. ("THM") allowed a consumer with violent tendencies, … [Read more...] about ICF-MR’s and the Aftermath of Texas Home Management, Inc. vs. Peavy
HIPAA Transaction and Code Set Extension
Please contact Jerri Lynn Ward for more information. Posted July 15, 2002 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 charged the Department of Health and Human Services with creating national security standards for electronic health care transactions and code sets. DHHS developed these guidelines setting the original compliance date for covered entities to have proper security measures in place by October 16, 2002. However, the Administrative … [Read more...] about HIPAA Transaction and Code Set Extension
