SAS No. 136 and Employee Benefit Plans: What is a Reportable Finding? Plan management and plan sponsor personnel have likely heard from their auditors about auditing standard changes impacting their […]
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On July 7, 2022 the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the updated Nursing Home Five-Star Quality Rating Technical Users’ Guide with the methodology for the changes to […]
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By: Tom Skoog, Cybersecurity & Data Management Practice Leader “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Sir Winston Churchill This is our fifth and final […]
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This article was originally published on June 23, 2022 and has been updated in October 2023. Blue & Co. has performed many Emergency Department Leveling Reviews for hospitals. The two […]
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By: Tom Skoog, Cybersecurity & Data Management Practice Leader Cybersecurity for the construction industry is a growing challenge. The industry is moving towards digital connectivity, not only across the supply […]
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By: Desi Burton, Manager The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), signed into law in late 2017, was the most comprehensive update to the U.S. tax code in over 30 […]
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In 2019 patient medical debt in the U.S. totaled at least $195 billion, according to an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit organization focusing on national health issues. […]
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In a previous blog post, we talked about how poor insurance verification and authorization processes can cause patients to either not come to therapy or to go to a competitor […]
Read MoreBy: Tom Skoog, Cybersecurity & Data Management Practice Leader This is the third installment in our five-part series on the importance of incident response planning as part of your cybersecurity […]
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It is that time of year again! The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the proposed rule that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for the […]
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On August 28, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia vacated CMS’s 2023 rule addressing the treatment of Medicare Advantage (Part C) inpatient days in the Medicare […]
By Stephen Stringer, CPA, Director at Blue & Co. If there is one thing most plastic processors can agree on, it’s that operating a plastic manufacturing business has become increasingly […]
By Becca Meredith, CPA, FHFMA, Senior Manager at Blue & Co. For Medicare cost reporting periods ending on or after January 1, 2026, many acute care hospitals will have to […]
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