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Are DMEPOS Suppliers Permitted to Substitute for SNF Discharge Planners and Case Managers? By: David S. Barmak, JD CEO I was recently asked if a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) may…

Frontline Caregiving and CNA Satisfaction By: David S. Barmak, JD Porsche, a CNA in New Jersey, shared with me that in her home country, Nigeria, there are no skilled nursing…

Effective Compliance with HIPAA Requires More Than Initial Training By: David S. Barmak, JD Although your facility may have had a HIPAA Privacy training program, there are a number of…

Reporting Quality Concerns: Reality at 3:00 A.M. By: David S. Barmak, JD I am a compliance attorney. At 3:00 a.m. I in-serviced a group of certified nursing assistants (CNAs) at…

Benefits of Implementing an Effective Risk Management Program By: David S. Barmak, JD Med-Net Healthcare Consulting, LLC, provided a formal risk management program for a 100+ bed skilled nursing facility…

Compliance Officer Q&A By: David S. Barmak, JD To gain a better understanding of the scope of an effective corporate compliance and ethics program, consider the question below and its…

The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute: Healthcare Compliance and Ethics By: David S. Barmak, JD The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) was enacted in conjunction…

Post-Acute Long-Term Care Fraud Investigations By: David S. Barmak, JD A post-acute long-term care Compliance and Ethics Program investigation is only as good as the diversity of the investigators’ perspectives….

Privilege for Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) Documents and Reports By: David S. Barmak, JD The Affordable Care Act (ACA) authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to…

Anti-Kickback Statute: Admissions Personnel By: David S. Barmak, JD If I refer you to a hardware store and the hardware store pays me $50 for referring you, I get to…