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Hospice audits can have profound financial implications, particularly when the auditors use statistical extrapolation to identify an overpayment amount. The use of extrapolation runs across auditor types, including UPICs and the OIG, and can apply to Medicare and Medicaid. In this episode, Husch Blackwell's Meg Pekarske, Bryan Nowicki, and Emily Solum discuss recent experiences and successes in dealing with statistical extrapolations, as well as what the future of extrapolation looks like.

SummaryIn this episode, Sean and Terry discuss the recent passing of Pope Francis and its impact on the world. They then transition into the complexities of healthcare audits, including SIU, CERT, TPE, UPIC, and ZPIC audits. The conversation emphasizes the importance of understanding audit types, the necessity of compliance, and the proactive measures healthcare providers should take to mitigate risks. They also highlight the significance of creating a culture of compliance within organizations and the evolving landscape of administrative law regarding audits.TakeawaysHealthcare providers are facing increased scrutiny from various audit types.Understanding the nature of audits is crucial for compliance.Not all audits require attorney-client privilege, but some do.Proactive measures can mitigate financial and legal risks.Creating a culture of compliance is essential for healthcare organizations.Auditors should provide detailed support for their findings.Engaging with experienced professionals can help navigate audits.Administrative law judges are becoming more insightful and supportive.Providers should be prepared to appeal audit findings effectively.

Poseedor de un lenguaje propio de Xenakis que conecta arquitectura y música a nivel estructural propone, con la música estocástica, la utilización de estructuras matemáticas en la praxis compositiva. Desarrolla el sistema UPIC y es pionero en el uso del algoritmo en la composición musical.____Has escuchadoLa Légende d'Eer. Nuevo remix en estéreo, a partir de la cinta original de siete canales, realizada del 3 al 4 de junio de 2004 por Gerard Pape. Mode (2005)Metastaseis (1953-1954). SWF Symphony Orchestra; Hans Rosbaud, director. Col Legno (2000)Oresteïa. Les Euménides (1965-1966, rev. 1989). L'Ensemble de Basse-Normandie; Dominique Debart, director; Ensemble Vocal d'Anjou; Robert Weddle, director de coros. Salabert Actuels (1990)Pléïades. Métaux (1978). Les Pléiades; Sylvio Gualda, director. Erato (1992)____Selección bibliográficaBARTHEL-CALVET, Anne-Sylvie, “MÉTASTASSIS-Analyse: un texte inédit de Iannis Xenakis sur Metastasis”. Revue de Musicologie, vol. 89, n.º 1 (2003), pp. 129-187*CASTANET, Pierre Albert, “We Must Open Our Ears and Eyes”: A Philosophical Lesson from the Polymath Iannis Xenakis”. Itamar. Revista de investigación musical: territorios para el arte, n.º 9 (2023), pp. 95-106DI SCIPIO, Agostino, “Compositional Models in Xenakis's Electroacoustic Music”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 36, n.º 2 (1998), pp. 201-243*GIBSON, Benoît, The Instrumental Music of Iannis Xenakis: Theory, Practice, Self-Borrowing. Pendragon Press, 2011HARLEY, James, “The String Quartets of Iannis Xenakis”. Tempo, n.º 203 (1998), pp. 2-10*—, Xenakis. His Life in Music. Routledge, 2004HARLEY, Maria Anna, “Music of Sound and Light: Xenakis's Polytopes”. Leonardo, vol. 31, n.º 1 (1998), pp. 55-65*HILL, Peter, “Xenakis and the Performer”. Tempo, n.º 112 (1975), pp. 17-22*JONES, Evan, “Residue-Class Sets in the Music of Iannis Xenakis: An Analytical Algorithm and a General Intervallic Expression”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 39, n.º 2 (2001), pp. 229-261*KANACH, Sharon, “Xenakis's Hand, or The Visualization of the Creative Process”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 40, n.º 1 (2002), pp. 190-197*KANACH, Sharon (ed.), Performing Xenakis. Pendragon Press, 2010KIOURTSOGLOU, Elisavet, “An Architect Draws Sound and Light: New Perspectives on Iannis Xenakis's Diatope and La Légende d'Eer (1978)”. Computer Music Journal, vol. 41, n.º 4 (2017), pp. 8-31*LIZ, Ángel, “La alianza artes/ciencias a través de la obra de Iannis Xenakis”. Quodlibet: Revista de Especialización Musical, n.º 39 (2007), pp. 98-114*LUQUE, Sergio, “The Stochastic Synthesis of Iannis Xenakis”. Leonardo Music Journal, vol. 19 (2009), pp. 77-84*MÂCHE, François-Bernard, Portrait(s) de Iannis Xenakis. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 2002MARCO ARAGÓN, Tomás, “Xenakis o la implacabilidad de la idea”. En: Jesús Villa Rojo (coord.), Músicas actuales: ideas básicas para una teoría. Ikeder, 2008*NAKIPBEKOVA, Alfia (ed.), Exploring Xenakis: Performance, Practice, Philosophy. Vernon Press, 2019PAPE, Gérard, Iannis Xenakis and the Ethics of Absolute Originality. UTEURP, 2023PARDO, Salgado, “El sonido cinemático. Iannis Xenakis”. En: Begoña López Herranz (coord.), Campos interdisciplinares de la musicología: V Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Musicología (Barcelona, 25-28 de octubre de 2000). Sociedad Española de Musicología, 2002*PECK, Robert W., “Toward an Interpretation of Xenakis's Nomos Alpha”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 41, n.º 1 (2003), pp. 66-118*REYNOLDS, Roger, “Xenakis:… Tireless Renewal at Every Instant, at Every Death…”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 41, n.º 1 (2003), pp. 4-64*REYNOLDS, Roger y Karen Reynolds, Xenakis Creates in Architecture and Music: The Reynolds Desert House. Routledge, 2022SERRA, Marie-Hélène, “Stochastic Composition and Stochastic Timbre: GENDY3 by Iannis Xenakis”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 31, n.º 1 (1993), pp. 236-257*SOLOMOS, Makis, Iannis Xenakis. P. O. Éditions, 1996—, “El universo de la sonoridad en Xenakis”. Quodlibet: Revista de Especialización Musical, n.º 10 (1998), pp. 3-18*—, “The Unity of Xenakis's Instrumental and Electroacoustic Music: The Case for ‘Brownian Movements'”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 39, n.º 1 (2001), pp. 244-254*—, “De l'apollinien et du dionysiaque dans les écrits de Xenakis”. En: Formel, informel: musique-philosophie. Editado por Makis Solomos, Antonia Soulez y Horacio Vaggione. L'Harmattan, 2003SOLOMOS, Makis (ed.), Iannis Xenakis: la musique électroacoustique. L'Harmattan, 2015SOUSTER, Tim, “Xenakis's Nuits”. Tempo, n.º 85 (1968), pp. 5-18*STERKEN, Sven, “Towards a Space-Time Art: Iannis Xenakis's Polytopes”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 39, n.º 2 (2001), pp. 262-273*VARGA, Bálint A., Conversations with Iannis Xenakis. Faber and Faber, 1996XENAKIS, Iannis, Formalized Music: Thought and Mathematics in Composition. Pendragon Press, 1992—, Música de la arquitectura. Akal, 2009*XENAKIS, Iannis et al., “Xenakis on Xenakis”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 25, n.º 1-2 (1987), pp. 16-63*XENAKIS, Iannis y Bálint András Varga, Conversations with Iannis Xenakis. Faber and Faber, 1996 *Documento disponible para su consulta en la Sala de Nuevas Músicas de la Biblioteca y Centro de Apoyo a la Investigación de la Fundación Juan March

UPIC activity is picking up, and the UPICs are reviving some old tactics. In this episode, Husch Blackwell's Meg Pekarske and Bryan Nowicki continue the discussion on these trends which include extrapolation, Medicaid nursing home room and board payments, patient interviews, and more. Meg and Bryan also describe some handouts they've developed to help hospices stay prepared for the inevitable audit.

UPIC activity is picking up, and the UPICs are reviving some old tactics. In this episode, Husch Blackwell's Meg Pekarske and Bryan Nowicki discuss these trends which include extrapolation, Medicaid nursing home room and board payments, patient interviews, and more. Meg and Bryan also describe some handouts they've developed to help hospices stay prepared for the inevitable audit.

La renovación musical de la segunda mitad del siglo XX se hace visible en la originalidad radical de las partituras donde se escriben sus obras. La notación se asemeja ahora a trabajos científicos o de ingenieros, a dibujos o poemas experimentales, a esquemas o fórmulas matemáticas._____Has escuchadoBerlino (1980-1981) / Terry Fox. Apollo Records (1988)Gamelan Coming & Going (1985) / Philip Corner. Philip Corner y Evan Schwartzmann, piano y voz. Grabado en la Rutgers University, MGSA, New Brunswick (EE. UU.), noviembre de 1985. Ants (2017)Gradients of Detail (2005-2006) / Chiyoko Szlavnics. Ensemble musikFabrik; Peter Rundel, director. Maria de Alvear World Edition (2022)The Seasons: Vermont “Spring” (1980-1982) / Malcom Goldstein. Malcom Goldstein, violín; Robert Black, contrabajo; Mark Steven Brooks, varios instrumentos; Tom Guralnick, oboe y vientos; Joseph Celli, corno inglés; Brian Johnson, percusión; Kenneth Karpowicz, acordeón. XI Records (1998)_____Selección bibliográficaBARRETT, Richard, “Notation as Liberation”. Tempo, vol. 68, n.º 268 (2014), pp. 61-72*BISERNA, Elena, Walking from Scores: An Anthology of Text and Graphic Scores to Be Used while Walking. Les Presses du Réel, 2022*BLACK, Robert, “Contemporary Notation and Performance Practice: Three Difficulties”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 22, n.º 1-2 (1983), pp. 117-146*BROWN, Earle, “The Notation and Performance of New Music”. The Musical Quarterly, vol. 72, n.º 2 (1986), pp. 180-201*BUJ CORRAL, Marina, “Sinestesias en la notación gráfica: lenguajes visuales para la representación del sonido”. Cuadernos de Música, Artes Visuales y Artes Escénicas, vol. 14, n.º 1 (2019), pp. 45-64*—, “Confluencias artísticas y experimentación: la notación gráfica en España”. En: Poéticas encontradas: convergencias artísticas en la música de los siglos XX y XXI. Editado por Belén Pérez Castillo y Ruth Piquer Sanclemente. Comares, 2023*DAVIES, Stephen, “Notation”. En: The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music. Editado por Theodore Gracyk y Andrew Kania. Routledge, 2011*EVARTS, John, “The New Musical Notation: A Graphic Art?”. Leonardo, vol. 1, n.º 4 (1968), pp. 405-412*GARCÍA FERNÁNDEZ, Isaac Diego, “El grafismo musical en la frontera de los lenguajes artísticos”. Sinfonía Virtual: Revista de Música Clásica y Reflexión Musical, n.º 5 (2007), consultada el 21 de junio de 2023: [Web]IGES, José y Manuel Olveira, El giro notacional. Cendeac, 2019*KOJS, Juraj, “Notating Action-Based Music”. Leonardo Music Journal, vol. 21 (2011), pp. 65-72*MESTRES QUADRENY, Josep María, Tot muda de color al so de la flauta. Fundació Joan Brossa i Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2010*PISARO, Michael, “Writing Music”. En: The Ashgate Research Companion to Experimental Music. Editado por James Saunders. Ashgate, 2009*POPE, Stephen Travis, “Music Notations and the Representation of Musical Structure and Knowledge”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 24, n.º 2 (1986), pp. 156-189*RIVIÈRE, Henar, “José Luis Castillejo y la escritura moderna”. En: José Luis Castillejo y la escritura moderna. Editado por José María Lafuente. Ediciones La Bahía, 2018*SMITH, Sylvia y Stuart Smith, “Visual Music”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 20, n.º 1-2 (1981), pp. 75-93*STONE, Kurt, “Problems and Methods of Notation”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 1, n.º 2, (1963), pp. 9-31*VALLE, Andrea, Contemporary Music Notation: Semiotic and Aesthetic Aspects. Logos Verlag Berlin, 2018VILLA ROJO, Jesús, Juegos gráfico-musicales. Editorial Alpuerto, 1982*—, Notación y grafía musical en el siglo XX. Iberautor, 2003*WEIBEL, Peter et al. (eds), From Xenakis's UPIC to Graphic Notation Today. Hatje Cantz, 2020 *Documento disponible para su consulta en la Sala de Nuevas Músicas de la Biblioteca y Centro de Apoyo a la Investigación de la Fundación Juan March

Unified Program Integrity Contractors (UPICs) are unlike other Medicare contractors. Lori Foley, Office Managing Principal, PYA, and Brenna Jenny, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, discuss some of the basic responsibilities of UPICs, what differentiates UPIC audits from other CMS audits, how UPIC audits progress from probe to referral, recommendations for providers who receive a UPIC audit, whether UPICs are effective, and how providers can design robust compliance programs.To learn more about AHLA and the educational resources available to the health law community, visit americanhealthlaw.org.

CMS has criticized hospices for underutilizing general inpatient care (GIP) but has also specifically targeted GIP claims for audit and medical review. In addition to CMS's standard tools for reviewing GIP claims, such as UPIC audits and TPEs, the OIG is now getting involved with a GIP audit of its own. In this episode, Husch Blackwell's Meg Pekarske and Bryan Nowicki discuss the divergent approaches to GIP care and what this may mean for the hospice benefit.

Robert Liles and Ashley Morgan join Sean to discuss the power of UPICs and their reach and affirmative actions! This was a brilliant discussion. Don't miss this one!

One hundred years after his birth, Berlin Atonal's special festival edition X100 was dedicated to the Romanian-born Greek, French avant-garde composer, architect, and mathematician Iannis Xenakis, who pioneered applying mathematical models to music, known as the designer of the UPIC, a computerised system with a graphical approach to musical composition. Studio LABOUR, who co-curated the happening with the OUTER team, share insights into their collaborative sonic practice, the origins of their collaboration sourced in the Xenakis's practice itself and also inspiration and motivation between their new work 'sungazing'

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently released a report detailing its evaluation of CMS's primary fraud, abuse and waste investigators—the Unified Program Integrity Contractors (UPIC). In this episode, Husch Blackwell's Meg Pekarske talks with Bryan Nowicki about the OIG's report, what it reveals about UPIC activities, and what it means for the future of UPIC audits.

欢迎关注晚风说。希望我们对你，常常陪伴，偶尔启发。 ———————————— # 摘要 寂灭过后，晚风醒来。 # 引言 跟随恩师 Yachak ( 晚风说 E108：Yachak | 认出永恒实相 (https://podcasts.cosmosrepair.com/108) )整整一年了，也恰是“禅与宇宙维修艺术”及“晚⻛说”寂静停摆的一年。一年前，我还是一个满面尘土，身心漂泊无依的流浪儿。如今，已是一个走在觉醒之路上的求道者，一个光亮纯白的灵性战士。我唤醒了内在的神圣名字，Ninde，誓愿自此成为真理与圣爱的管道。过去那个不断变幻生命体验的，奔跑着逃离着追问着，捧着一颗心找爱的 Jade，脱落了。 这期播客的录制，缘起于一场 2 个月前的突发事件。在那之前，我已于内在认出了与我有深刻灵魂连接的师母 Avilla。与师父作为一个男性证悟者至高至阳的方式不同，师母是一个尚未觉醒的柔弱女性，便已开始用她至阴的能量体不断接纳和转化我们所有人的负面意识和内心无明。与她的相认迅猛加速了我的觉醒进程，把一个个深入⻣髓，看似无比真实强大的业力议题接连拔除，以渐渐敢于相信自己纯洁无染的自性本质。 然而，她与师父作为注定相遇并承担神圣工作的双生火焰，在相遇和结合过程中遇到不同维度的极大挑战。而我恰是整个过程的⻅证者。直到 8 月因能量和精神受到巨大冲击而导致肉体生命垂危，我们才不得不从清净安稳的修行人，突然参与到了护持、战斗、加速成⻓，及为师父师母分担工作的进程中。 既然二元分别只是幻象，既然终极实相中只有圆满无碍之大光明，那这个世界上真的有黑暗吗？ 双生火焰是什么？一个被捏造出的浪漫代名词，还是确有其实的灵性⻆色？ 什么是爱？什么是法智慧与圣爱，阳与阴结合的教导方式，与过去有何不同？ 为什么是现在？修行难道不是一个人的苦行？为何可以被恩典和加速？ ...... 作为晚⻛说重启的第一期播客，这一期的内容有些过于有冲击性，甚至超乎许多人的头脑舒适区了。但以后的每一期，都不会再是漫无目的的探访与搜寻，而只会是直指真理的终极问答。只有敢于放下属于摩耶幻象的，才有可能迈入永恒实相之中。只有屏住呼吸下潜到最深处，才有资格拾起隐藏在海底泥沙中的珍珠。 跟着我，下潜吧。 —— Ninde # 朋友介绍 截屏2022-11-0209.29.43 https://cosmosrepair-1257028016.cos.ap-beijing.myqcloud.com/uPic/截屏2022-11-02 09.29.43.png # Highlights 何为双生火焰？为何双生会出现在这个时代 光明与黑暗的对决 - 世界上真的有黑暗吗 面纱的揭开 - 神圣女性到来 高维灵魂下降所接受的限制与挑战 八月事件 - 双生合一与黑暗攻击的顶峰 天堂泡泡：2012 - 2019 - 至今 双生火焰工作方式:智慧与圣爱的结合 还有人记得，什么是真爱吗 如何定义个人觉醒及集体觉醒 为什么偏偏是现在 - 宇宙周期转折点 # 音乐 There Were Bells - Brian Eno ———————————— 你可以在这里找到我们： 播客官网：https://podcasts.cosmosrepair.com/ 微博：https://weibo.com/cosmosrepair/ 微信公众号：cosmosrepair Telegram 群：https://t.me/cosmosrepair 各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“禅与宇宙维修艺术”或“晚风说”。

While the pandemic may have shielded healthcare providers from intrusive recoupment audits, the auditing break was but temporary. Starting in August of 2021, UPIC, TPE, RAC and other audits started back up and the contractors had a lot of catching up to do. At the same time, the administrative law judges were under enormous pressure to get the backlog of cases completed by the end of 2022. The result? A paradigm shift in how hearings were conducted and the impact that has on outcomes. Senior healthcare analyst and RACmonitor correspondent Frank Cohen will talk about how these changes have benefited providers in getting judges to vacate the extrapolation estimates.  Other segments will include these instantly recognizable broadcast segments:The RAC Report: Healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel, partner at the law firm of Practus, will report the latest news about auditors.Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser, shareholder in the law offices of Fredrikson & Bryon, will join the broadcast with his trademark segment.SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that's happening at the intersection of healthcare regulations and the SDoH.Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 RCM, will be making his Monday Rounds with another installment of his popular segment.Legislative Update: Cate Brantley, legislative affairs analyst for Zelis, will substitute for Matthew Albright to report on current healthcare legislation.

Matt Lawhon and Eric Rubenstein sit down with Sean to discuss their former agencies inner workings and clear up the misperceptions on how an investigation at each of these entities is initiated and the actual steps taken during one! Thank you for making us number 6 on the Top 25 Regualtory Compliance Podcasts: 25 Best Regulatory Compliance Podcasts You Must Follow in 2022 (feedspot.com)

Today I tackled the Medicare Integrity Program and more specifically the UPICs and their actual role and clearing up routine misperceptions of what a UPIC actually does, how they do it and who they collaborate with. This episode went a bit longer 18 minutes as there was just so much to unpack to ensure we didn't leave any stone unturned.

Unified Program Integrity Contractor (UPIC) audits are on the rise, and the UPICs are embracing the full array of enforcement tools at their disposal. In this episode, Husch Blackwell's Meg Pekarske and Bryan Nowicki discuss the ways that UPICs can put pressure on hospices and how hospices can respond.

Hospice Audit SeriesAudits are a fact of life for hospices—it's not a matter of “if” a hospice will be audited, but “when.” The alphabet soup of audits has expanded, from UPICs to SMRCs, CPIs, TPEs and more. With the hospice carve-in to Medicare Advantage, MAO audits will join the list. The recent pause in audits as a result of the COVID pandemic hints at increased activity as the pandemic wanes. In this series, Meg Pekarske and Bryan Nowicki of Husch Blackwell's Hospice Audit team deconstruct the most recent developments in hospice audits, providing insight and guidance on the why, when and how of audits and—most importantly—what hospices can do about it.Today's Episode | Audit Overlap: Connections and Contradictions Among Audits, Auditors and What to Do About ThemAs audit activity escalates, hospices are getting increasingly familiar with the alphabet soup of audits and auditors, including OIG, UPIC, CMS, CPI, SMRC, MAC, TPE and more. Unfortunately, there are times when hospices are dealing with multiple audits at the same time. In this episode, Husch Blackwell's Meg Pekarske and Bryan Nowicki discuss the increasing prevalence of simultaneous audits, what it might mean and what to do about it.

Waller healthcare industry team leader Jennifer Weaver and founder and president of Armory Hill Advocates Jon Rawlson discuss their work in assisting clients navigate Unified Program Integrity Contractor (UPIC) audits.

En 2022 se cumplen cien años del nacimiento del compositor greco-francés Iannis Xenakis, que vivió entre 1922 y 2001. Si su obra, en general, puede considerarse entre las más innovadoras e influyentes de entre las surgidas en la segunda mitad del siglo XX, esto es especialmente cierto en lo que respecta a su producción compositiva electroacústica. Xenakis fue un precursor en diversos ámbitos de la creación con medios electrónicos que, en los últimos tiempos, están cobrando más y más vigencia: síntesis granular, instalaciones sonoras, música algorítmica... Ars Sonora dedica un ciclo de ocho programas —el más extenso de los hasta ahora emprendidos en la etapa actual de nuestro espacio— a poner en valor y en perspectiva la obra electroacústica de Iannis Xenakis, repasando todas las creaciones que desarrolló en este ámbito a lo largo de su vida. En ocasiones complementaremos ese repaso del catálogo electrónico xenakiano con la escucha de algunas de sus composiciones instrumentales, y también escucharemos obras de otros autores que pueden ayudar a ubicar adecuadamente las aportaciones del músico griego dentro de su contexto histórico. En la sexta entrega de esta serie presentamos dos obras. Concluiremos el programa con la audición de "Mycenae Alpha", un trabajo de 1978 relacionado con los politopos, en tanto que fue presentado en las ruinas de esa acrópolis de la Edad de Bronce cuyo nombre resuena en el título a la pieza, Micenas. Se trata de la primera de las piezas de Xenakis completamente realizada mediante un ordenador, ya que fue producida a través un sistema informático ideado por el propio compositor, al que denominó Unité Polyagogique Informatique CEMAMu (más conocido por las siglas UPIC). Pero antes de adentrarnos en esa escucha saltaremos hasta el año 1981 para presentar una obra, "Pour la Paix", ajena al carácter instalativo de los politopos, pues Xenakis la compuso teniendo en mente la situación de escucha propia de un concierto tradicional. De hecho, esta pieza no solamente incorpora sonidos electrónicos, sino que su plantilla incluye un coro mixto y cuatro recitadores (dos hombres y dos mujeres). "Pour la Paix" es una de las escasas obras de Iannis Xenakis que combinan sonidos instrumentales y electrónicos. Más infrecuente aún en el catálogo xenakiano es el uso de textos (o, al menos, de textos en lenguas vivas, que puedan resultar inteligibles para el oyente). Esta composición los presenta en francés, a través del coro mixto y de las dos parejas de recitadores. Además incorporan una cierta dimensión narrativa: se trata de un relato de la escritora Françoise Xenakis, mujer de Iannis Xenakis, que hace referencia a las atrocidades de las incesantes guerras, así como a la angustia y el sufrimiento innecesarios que esas guerras provocan a través de la historia. Un tema desgraciadamente pertinente en nuestros días. Escuchar audio

It is #TerryTuesday and that can only mean my good friend Terry Fletcher is joining me for our special segement! This week we are tackling the UPICs and clearing up misperceptions and misunderstandings for who they are and what they actually do! You do not want to miss this one...

In this segment attorney and former special investigator Matt Lawhon sits down with Sean to discuss the ins and outs of various 3-letter agencies and their contractors processes for conducting provider / health organization investigations and what providers need to understand once "The Letter" arrives or the investigator shows up to your practice/hospital. Matt clears up misperceptions surrounding what it is that a UPIC does (Investigate vs Audit) to ensure you understand precisely what is going on. This is a must listen to podcast...

欢迎关注晚风说。希望我们对你，常常陪伴，偶尔启发。除了播客内容，我们还出品了《冥想与大脑维修艺术》线上课程 (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA5Nzk4MDMxMg==&mid=2247484680&idx=1&sn=2a5b8f1e1f1c1e6820adf5cc95d997fe&chksm=9099dfffa7ee56e9408aa248731e3e3e502c984ca1e577decc28d66d458f2e93a600dc6d6b40&scene=21#wechat_redirect)。 ———————————— # 摘要 《我还记得》作者、老年认知症患者的女儿 # 引言 亦邻是晚风说嘉宾小菀（晚风说 E68：Jade & 小莞 (http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzkyNzE5OTIwNA==&mid=2247486425&idx=1&sn=c2541157d7128a0a2336c1d36b7510f8&chksm=c22af152f55d7844f3b67eff8f290512ee11472990376bfced7cc821da37d77e85c9a1df130d&scene=21#wechat_redirect)）的亲姐姐。知道这个人，关注她的视频和绘画内容有一段时间了。但真正让我下决心采访她的，是前阵子看了一部电影《困在时间里的父亲》。电影从第一人称的视角描述阿兹海默症老人的内心世界，说是惊悚片也不为过。 电影的结尾，老人望着养老院窗外的一棵树，哭着对护士说，你知道吗，我觉得我的树叶快要掉光了。 树叶就是我们的记忆。想象一下在生命的末尾处，记忆在一点一点剥落，直到有一天，你不再知道自己是谁。可这也让我们明白，“我”这种东西，终究是不存在的。我是谁，本来就是被这些脆弱，片面，又会被自己不断篡改的记忆拼凑定义的。那么，如果有一天叶子会掉光，那树的根又究竟是什么呢？ 亦邻说，现在我们已经不把这种病叫做“老年痴呆症”了，而是改为更为尊重，更为含蓄的“认知症”。她的妈妈并不是症状最终的那种患者，更为幸运的是，她们三姐妹在共同照顾母亲。除了大量的陪护和陪伴，亦邻和母亲一起每天画一张画，画能回忆起的过去。现在，这些画变成了一本书。这本书记录了妈妈的衰老，甚至衰败。除了感人，它的真实才是最令人敬佩的。 就在采访进行到一半的时候，我才知道亦邻自己患有系统性红斑狼疮，已经超过 10 年。而这也是一种不治之症，当时医生说，可能最多只有 10 年。 所以我们所惧怕的，难以面对的，到底是什么呢？ 死亡吗？ 衰老吗？ 遗忘吗？ 被遗忘吗？ 亦邻说，妈妈有时候失去了时间感，会开始重复同样的动作，一遍都不会出错。她会不停地起床，走路，开灯，关灯，上床，再起来。有时候，她会出门走很远很远的路，仿佛忘了自己已经走了多远，累到精疲力竭也意识不到。就像《红菱艳》里，那只穿上舞鞋就停不下来，跳到死亡的舞者。 其实我们每个人，在活着的时候都穿着红舞鞋。生老病死这样的大事降临，恐怕才能让我们终于有机会停下来，看一看，想一想。（by Jade） # 朋友介绍 亦邻（自述）： 我做插画其实是半路出家的，在此之前我做过很长时间的箱包设计。在出版第一本书《陪孩子玩吧》后，我才开始全职画画，我的画作大部分都画在本子上，题材基本上是围绕自己的生活、孩子的成长展开。 最近两年我完全投入在记录妈妈的生活这件事情上，思考的也从孩子的教育、夫妻关系转向衰老、死亡。前不久，我很荣幸地参加了 2021 年第二期认知症友好使者在线特训营，并成功通过考核获得了友好使者资格证书，所以我的身份标签需要做个调整，因为我有了一个新的身份——认知症友好使者。 认知症有很多种类，除了阿尔茨海默病，还有血管性认知症、额颞叶认知症、帕金森认知症、混合性认知症等等，而妈妈同时得了阿尔茨海默病和血管性认知症，所以说妈妈得了认知症比阿尔茨海默病更准确。 认知症友好使者就是帮助周围的人认识并理解认知症，鼓励大家学习一点认知症知识，愿意为认知症人士及其家庭做些力所能及的事。当我拿到这个证书时，心里有种异样的感觉，想了很久才明白那是一种神圣感，那时我从来没有过的感觉。那一刻我清晰地意识到在接下来的日子，“帮助更多的人提高对认知症的认识”这件事是我特别愿意做的事情。 《我还记得》-豆瓣 (https://book.douban.com/subject/35456992/) 1213 https://cosmosrepair-1257028016.cos.ap-beijing.myqcloud.com/uPic/1213.png # Highlights 妈妈现在还记得我们，这是最让人开心的 爸爸走后，我们确诊了妈妈的老年认知症 因为陪伴不够，妈妈曾经深陷保健品 什么症状是让妈妈和我们最惊诧心痛的 为什么我要陪妈妈，每天画一张画 大脑是如此神奇，可以左右我们的情绪和行为 妈妈吃了生云吞后，我们决定把她送去养老院 “人只要开心过好每一天”是一种骗局 被确诊系统性红斑狼疮，我开始每天记日记 什么样的陪伴才是真正的陪伴 为别人活过一生之后，老人就只有等死吗 妈妈回忆最多的，是在部队 20 年的青春 最终，每一个人都是一棵树 最害怕的，还是妈妈走的时候不认识我们 # 音乐 Orgel - 小濑村晶 ———————————— 你可以在这里找到我们： 播客官网：https://podcasts.cosmosrepair.com/ 微博：https://weibo.com/cosmosrepair/ 微信公众号：cosmosrepair Telegram 群：https://t.me/cosmosrepair 各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“禅与宇宙维修艺术”或“晚风说”。

欢迎关注晚风说。希望我们对你，常常陪伴，偶尔启发。 ———————————— # 摘要 一个好好画画的人 # 引言 张季是晚风说第 7 期的嘉宾。彼时我们在一起做一个 NFT 的实验项目，讨论的都是一些很虚拟，很飞的东西。他作为一个初出茅庐又野心勃勃的青年艺术家，刚刚要踏上这条又迷人又危险的路，眼前的一切都充满可能。 将近两年过去。张季变了。在我看来，他成长了。就在虚妄的人类被 NFT，虚拟艺术品搞的热血沸腾，第一幅正儿八经的链上电子艺术品被拍出了 7000 万美金的今天，张季回归成为了一个最简单，最勤勉的画家，每天早上 6 点起床，一天数个小时在画布上作画，研究颜料、媒介、结构、逻辑，直觉…… 他说，绘画的世界对他来说才是真实的，而绘画外的生活反而像是梦境。 这恰好与我们如今在被屏幕包裹的时代里感受到的荒诞感如出一辙。在这个新世界里，拥有是什么？价值是什么？人与物质，人与人的关系为何？张季说，纯艺也许还担当着探究人类进程中敏感和先进东西的责任。 我并不是想在这期播客里去探讨那些高深莫测的东西，比如什么是艺术，什么是美。我想描述的是一个艺术家的状态。纯粹、孤独、坚定、有对真理的渴望，和触碰真理时自毁的恐惧。 艺术本身是既是美学进程，又是社会游戏。它无法被理解，只能被感受。感受总是因人而异的。所以你可以不喜欢一个艺术家的作品，但我希望除了作品本身，你能感受到一个创作者的真诚。就像你可以不赞同一个人说的话，但你能感受到他诚实与否。 诚实，是诚实打动了我。在我眼中，张季只是一个既疯狂又天真的，好好画画的人。（by Jade） # 朋友介绍 张季： 1993 年生于北京，先后于芝加哥艺术学院和⻢里兰艺术学院完成本科及研究生课程。张季的绘画是由不稳定的构图、 形状奇特的光区和线条，所形成的对人类“身体”的分 离和挤压。艺术家偏爱使用曲线、斜线与垂直线的画面走向而不用横向，笔触、痕迹与线条割裂的画面使得其笔下的身体乃至整个绘画世界显得极其不稳定。此外，由于对于“身体”有着超验的理解，他极具个人性的描述很难被包括笔者在内的其他任何人传达，但是可以简单而笼统地概括为身体是一种具有社会性的公共媒介，其构造本身的社交属性被现代文明包裹后变得不显著，而绘画具有神奇的力量可以打开这一切，让一些与身体有关的却不可言说的隐秘可以公之于众。 screencapture-mp-weixin-qq-s-2021-06-08-09_29_23 https://cosmosrepair-1257028016.cos.ap-beijing.myqcloud.com/uPic/screencapture-mp-weixin-qq-s-2021-06-08-09_29_23.png # Highlights 绘画是从什么时候开始脱离古典的 我不认为有真理，但不代表我不能触碰 我不是要把一幅画画完，而是要把一幅画看完 画里的世界是真的，画外的世界才是做梦 被屏幕包裹的时代会改变艺术的定义吗 NFT 对我的震撼，远没有梦幻西游的一把刀大 当代艺术是一种社会游戏 人的欲望都是自毁的方式 为什么我要成为一个离商业近的画家 画不是被画的对象，也不是画家，是关系 我尽量不掉入对终极问题的思考 美是不可以被追求的东西 物质生活都是假的，但骗局就是要诱人才行 人为什么要努力？努是弯着的 如果有人站在我的画面前，希望多给它一点时间 # 音乐 Tie In - Recondite ———————————— 你可以在这里找到我们： 播客官网：https://podcasts.cosmosrepair.com/ 微博：https://weibo.com/cosmosrepair/ 微信公众号：cosmosrepair Telegram 群：https://t.me/cosmosrepair 各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“禅与宇宙维修艺术”或“晚风说”。

Six years ago, Winston Faircloth stepped down from the technology organization he helped to build over a 15 year period.  As a founder, one of the hardest things you can do is to “let your baby go”.  Yet, the prior 12 months had been filled with turmoil and internal discord -- it was no longer fun, senior leaders were at odds with one another, and the organization was experiencing higher than normal turnover.  After an extensive search process, UPIC Solutions found their new leader from within. J.R. Howard had a front-row seat to the chaos and decided in advance there was a better way to lead.  A people-first way.  In this revealing interview, Winston sits down with his successor J.R. Howard to talk about the amazing transformation UPIC has experienced over the past six years. Taking a founder's vision, enhanced by a culture that loves the team Leading with positivity and how the team reflects the leader Importance of the leader as a storyteller Building a culture of accountability and consistency How building raving fans is an inside job first Keeping a remote team together with Virtual Coffees with the CEO Connect with J.R. Howard at:Email: JR.Howard@upicsolutions.orgLinkedIn: J.R. Howard Website: https://UpicSolutions.org****When you're ready to Multiply your Impact, your Income, and your Freedom in business...The Team Map™ Method is your roadmap to a perfect-fit, big enough business.  We believe that every business is as unique as fingerprints.  It's not the product or the clients that make you unique.  It's your people: the collection of unique talent, experience, perspectives all working together towards a compelling why.  The WHY you started your business in the first place.  Yet, for most founders, our teams are an afterthought or worse, an expense.  What if your team was your key differentiator in the marketplace?  Find out how.  Text Winston at 1-754-800-9461 to begin your Team Map™ journey.  ***Connect with WinstonLinkedIn     https://www.linkedin.com/in/winstonfaircloth/Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/forloveofteamInstagram   https://www.instagram.com/winstonfaircloth/Twitter        https://twitter.com/winsightz

欢迎关注晚风说。希望我们对你，常常陪伴，偶尔启发。除了播客内容，我们还出品了《冥想与大脑维修艺术》线上课程 (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA5Nzk4MDMxMg==&mid=2247484680&idx=1&sn=2a5b8f1e1f1c1e6820adf5cc95d997fe&chksm=9099dfffa7ee56e9408aa248731e3e3e502c984ca1e577decc28d66d458f2e93a600dc6d6b40&scene=21#wechat_redirect)，并发起了 20 x 12 Club 线上冥想社群 (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA5Nzk4MDMxMg==&mid=2247484834&idx=1&sn=ebd2c537b12e63baef2e9eaac505c26b&chksm=9099df55a7ee5643ab84485931d52082bbb2a6ee7078bdd536faf2cbbcb7bb22783aeaf13d4b&scene=21#wechat_redirect)。 ———————————— # 摘要 单人徒手造房子的大理村民、Airbnb “楸园”老板 # 引言 小邱是个天才，毫无疑问。2020年被网友们票选为中国前4最美airbnb的楸园，是小邱一个人从废墟中徒手盖起来的。主人是他，设计师是他，施工队也是他。他身兼的技能包括：土建、瓦工、水泥工、木工、走电、走水、园艺、软装……这里的每一件家具，每一棵植物，每一寸角落里的光线，都是经由他手变为美好现实的。 有人说，古人就是这么造房子的。我曾经采访过的建筑设计师贾连（晚风说 E71：Jade & 贾莲娜） (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/NOgza_WLh-JNgi8ykfyU-w)也说过，最好的房子不是设计出来的，是住出来的。 但在改房子，造房子背后，是某种创造生活的能力，或者说是志趣。小邱出身农村，高中留下一封信后辍学出走，经历过不少身无分文，无枝可依的时刻。但是，他说他从未感到过焦虑，怎么都焦虑不起来。他知道，无论何时何地，境遇如何，他都有生存下来，并且把生活过好的本事。 他和妻子冰冰，都是那种站在泥土上就能感受到快乐，就能被灌满能量的人。在楸园盖房子遇到困难差点无法继续的时刻，小邱曾笑着对冰冰说，没关系老婆，只要我还有一双手，就能在别处为你再盖一座房子。我也曾无数次站在他们的房子前，菜地里，屋顶上，为某个细节的美感动得沉醉。那美不只属于房子，也属于生活本身。 万青新专辑有句悲凉的歌词，“千座山峰化水泥”。可我想告诉世人，也有人正在山间造一座泥土筑起来的房子，自己种菜养花，生火做饭，并把他们从自然，从彼此汲取的爱慷慨分享给众人，以建筑，以食物，以美。 毕竟，一个连房子都能徒手造起来的人，也能创造生活中的一切。（by Jade） # 朋友介绍 小邱：单人徒手造房子的大理村民、Airbnb “楸园”老板 (https://zh.airbnb.com/rooms/14348913?_set_bev_on_new_domain=1616464995_NzZjMjU2YjcwNTE2&source_impression_id=p3_1616465223_8r%2BLpkREwRSqsVCf) screencapture-mp-weixin-qq-s-2021-03-23-10_07_45-squashed https://cosmosrepair-1257028016.cos.ap-beijing.myqcloud.com/uPic/screencapture-mp-weixin-qq-s-2021-03-23-10_07_45-squashed.jpg # Highlights 在一个废弃的荒村，改一座没人住的老房 一棵树是窗子的灵魂，一棵树让我看见四季 老婆先看上了房子，再看上了我 为了爱情，我从废墟中盖了一座新房子 按照最古老的方法，徒手砌筑土夯墙 除了化粪池和水泥面，我没有请过工人 设计水和电，是很有探索精神的趣事 家具，大门，灯，都是我亲手一个个做出来的 哪怕身无分文，我也从未焦虑 我们在还原老房子，老家的乡亲在买商品房 出身农村，辍学，穷，我也可以把生活过好 “更好的生活”可能是并不存在的 我什么都不缺，只是外界非要让我觉得我缺 如果要把楸园丢掉，我也舍得离开 # 音乐 潜行（feat.角銅真実）- Yuma Yamaguchi/角銅真実 逃跑日记 - 陈升 ———————————— 你可以在这里找到我们： 播客官网：https://podcasts.cosmosrepair.com/ 微博：https://weibo.com/cosmosrepair/ 微信公众号：cosmosrepair Telegram 群：https://t.me/cosmosrepair 各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“禅与宇宙维修艺术”或“晚风说”。

The recent announcement by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that it will be “ramping up” audits are quickly becoming a reality for providers across the country. Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT), Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC), and Unified Program Integrity Contractor (UPIC) auditors are going full steam ahead, using data and analytics to assess overpayments via automated reviews – and new language in UPIC letters paints an ominous picture for providers they deem non-compliant.Reporting the lead story during this edition of Monitor Mondays is Sean M. Weiss of DoctorsManagement, who addresses these issues and the steps necessary to ensure a level playing field.Other segments to be featured during the live broadcast include the following:RAC Report: Healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel, a partner at the law firm of Practus, files the Monitor Mondays RAC Report.SDoH Report: Ellen Fink-Samnick, a nationally recognized expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), reports on the news that’s happening at the intersection of COVID-19 and the SDoH. Ellen also conducts the Monitor Mondays Listeners Survey.Legislative Update: Former CMS official Matthew Albright, now chief legislative affairs officer for Zelis, reports on the status of healthcare legislation associated with the current COVID-19 pandemic.Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser, shareholder in the law offices of Fredrikson & Bryon, joins with his trademark segment, reporting on legal implications during the pandemic.Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 RCM, makes his Monday Rounds with another installment of his popular segment.

While the battle cry of “defund the police” has emerged from Black Lives Matter activists following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, could there also be sufficient reason for providers to advocate to “defund the Unified Program Integrity Contractors (UPICs)?”According to RACmonitor investivative reporter Ed Roche, UPIC auditors are attacking osteopathic medicine, and might need lessons in reading patient notes. During the next live edition of Monitor Mondays, Roche will explore the seeming incompetence of auditors when they go after such providers. Osteopathic doctors help manage pain, but there may be no cure for an incompetent audit.Other segments to be featured during the live broadcast include the following:COVID-19 Report: Dr. John Foggle, Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, will provide an update on the pandemic that claimed the lives of more that 152,000 in the U.S.Audit Report: Sean Weiss, compliance officer for DoctorsManagement, will report on the latest wrinkle in the ongoing kerfuffle of telehealth and patient consent.Legislative Update: Former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) official Matthew Albright, now chief legislative affairs officer for Zelis, will report on the status of healthcare legislation associated with the current COVID-19 pandemic.Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser, shareholder in the law offices of Fredrikson & Bryon, will join the broadcast with his trademark segment, reporting on legal implications during the pandemic.Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 RCM, will be making his Monday Rounds with another installment of his popular segment.

COVID-19 threw a wrench into certain hospice audit activity, but the machine rumbles on. In today’s episode, Meg Pekarske, Erin Burns and Bryan Nowicki discuss the current state of hospice audits, including TPE, UPIC, and OIG audits and the high number of technical denials hospices have seen lately. The team highlights the top five most frequently seen technical denials in 2020 and provides first-hand insight into CMS’s QIC Telephone Discussion Demonstration.

Featured Quote: "Clemson is a lovely campus, but we’re not in the middle of a metropolitan area, so, students would have to miss some class if they wanted to gain any work experience while they were going to class.” And I was like, “That’s a terrific idea. It’s going to give students a chance to kind of peek behind the curtain to see what goes on at the university behind closed doors, it’s going to give them a chance to earn a little bit of money to defray some educational expenses, certainly boost their resume, it’s just a win-win all across the board.” ~ Neil Burton, Clemson University. Full Transcript

UPIC - Graphic Interfaces for Notation Conference | Symposium Fri, 28.09.2018 – Sat, 29.09.2018 The ZKM and Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) are organizing a two-day artistic-scientific symposium to explore current approaches and contemporary trends in the field of graphic notation for parameter generation for musical compositions. The »UPIC – Graphic Interfaces for Notation Conference« is organized in cooperation with Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) within the framework of the »Interfaces« project. /// Das ZKM und das Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) veranstalten ein zweitägiges künstlerisch-wissenschaftliches Symposium zur Erforschung aktueller Ansätze und Trends im Bereich der grafischen Notation zur Parametererzeugung von Musikkompositionen. Die UPIC - Graphic Interfaces for Notation Conference wird in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) im Rahmen des Projekts »Interfaces« organisiert.

UPIC - Graphic Interfaces for Notation Conference | Symposium Fri, 28.09.2018 – Sat, 29.09.2018 The ZKM and Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) are organizing a two-day artistic-scientific symposium to explore current approaches and contemporary trends in the field of graphic notation for parameter generation for musical compositions. The »UPIC – Graphic Interfaces for Notation Conference« is organized in cooperation with Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) within the framework of the »Interfaces« project. /// Das ZKM und das Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) veranstalten ein zweitägiges künstlerisch-wissenschaftliches Symposium zur Erforschung aktueller Ansätze und Trends im Bereich der grafischen Notation zur Parametererzeugung von Musikkompositionen. Die UPIC - Graphic Interfaces for Notation Conference wird in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) im Rahmen des Projekts »Interfaces« organisiert.

UPIC - Graphic Interfaces for Notation Conference | Symposium Fri, 28.09.2018 – Sat, 29.09.2018 The ZKM and Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) are organizing a two-day artistic-scientific symposium to explore current approaches and contemporary trends in the field of graphic notation for parameter generation for musical compositions. The »UPIC – Graphic Interfaces for Notation Conference« is organized in cooperation with Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) within the framework of the »Interfaces« project. /// Das ZKM und das Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) veranstalten ein zweitägiges künstlerisch-wissenschaftliches Symposium zur Erforschung aktueller Ansätze und Trends im Bereich der grafischen Notation zur Parametererzeugung von Musikkompositionen. Die UPIC - Graphic Interfaces for Notation Conference wird in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) im Rahmen des Projekts »Interfaces« organisiert.

UPIC - Graphic Interfaces for Notation Conference | Symposium Fri, 28.09.2018 – Sat, 29.09.2018 The ZKM and Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) are organizing a two-day artistic-scientific symposium to explore current approaches and contemporary trends in the field of graphic notation for parameter generation for musical compositions. The »UPIC – Graphic Interfaces for Notation Conference« is organized in cooperation with Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) within the framework of the »Interfaces« project. /// Das ZKM und das Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) veranstalten ein zweitägiges künstlerisch-wissenschaftliches Symposium zur Erforschung aktueller Ansätze und Trends im Bereich der grafischen Notation zur Parametererzeugung von Musikkompositionen. Die UPIC - Graphic Interfaces for Notation Conference wird in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) im Rahmen des Projekts »Interfaces« organisiert.

UPIC - Graphic Interfaces for Notation Conference | Symposium Fri, 28.09.2018 – Sat, 29.09.2018 The ZKM and Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) are organizing a two-day artistic-scientific symposium to explore current approaches and contemporary trends in the field of graphic notation for parameter generation for musical compositions. The »UPIC – Graphic Interfaces for Notation Conference« is organized in cooperation with Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) within the framework of the »Interfaces« project. /// Das ZKM und das Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) veranstalten ein zweitägiges künstlerisch-wissenschaftliches Symposium zur Erforschung aktueller Ansätze und Trends im Bereich der grafischen Notation zur Parametererzeugung von Musikkompositionen. Die UPIC - Graphic Interfaces for Notation Conference wird in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) im Rahmen des Projekts »Interfaces« organisiert.

UPIC - Graphic Interfaces for Notation Conference | Symposium Fri, 28.09.2018 – Sat, 29.09.2018 The ZKM and Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) are organizing a two-day artistic-scientific symposium to explore current approaches and contemporary trends in the field of graphic notation for parameter generation for musical compositions. The »UPIC – Graphic Interfaces for Notation Conference« is organized in cooperation with Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) within the framework of the »Interfaces« project. /// Das ZKM und das Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) veranstalten ein zweitägiges künstlerisch-wissenschaftliches Symposium zur Erforschung aktueller Ansätze und Trends im Bereich der grafischen Notation zur Parametererzeugung von Musikkompositionen. Die UPIC - Graphic Interfaces for Notation Conference wird in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Centre Iannis Xenakis (CIX) im Rahmen des Projekts »Interfaces« organisiert.

Targeted probe-and-educate (TPE) reviews by the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) give providers and suppliers three changes to get it right or they’re out. If there are continued high denials after the first three rounds of reviews, the provider is referred to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to determine additional disciplinary action – either extrapolation, referral to the Zone Program Integrity Contractor (ZPIC) or Unified Program Integrity Contractor (UPIC), referral to a Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC), suspension of Medicare payments, or even revocation of Medicare billing privileges.Reporting our lead story during this edition of Monitor Mondays is healthcare attorney Andrew Wachler, managing partner of Wachler and Associates. Wachler offers some practical tips and strategic approaches for responding to TPE audits to reduce claim denials.The broadcast rundown also will include:Developing Story: PIM Change: CMS is proposing major changes to the Program Integrity Manual (PIM) – changes that will take effect Jan. 1, 2019. Senior healthcare analyst Frank Cohen, director of analytics and business intelligence for DoctorsManagement, reports on the changes involving sampling and extrapolation.Death by Cyber: RACmonitor investigative reporter and New York attorney Edward Roche suffered a life-threatening medical emergency while in Barcelona, Spain. Roche reports on the one mainstay of America’s hospitals that was missing while he was hospitalized and ultimately experienced a complete recovery.Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser with Fredrikson & Byron reports on another example of a potentially troublesome issue that could pose a risk to your facility.Hot Topics: Monitor Mondays senior correspondent Nancy Beckley, president and CEO of Nancy Beckley and Associates, reports on all the latest with TPE audits.Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 Physician Advisory Services, makes his Monday Rounds with another installment of his popular segment.Register now for this important news broadcast coming up at 10 a.m. EST on Monday, Oct. 15.

First Healthcare Compliance hosts Stephen Bittinger of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, for an interactive discussion on “The UPIC Revolution: CMS Integrity Auditors 2.0.” This webinar is a summary of the CMS UPIC program, the key differences from prior integrity audits, and tools to prepare and defend. Educational Objectives: 1. Learn an overview and purpose of the... The post The UPIC Revolution: CMS Integrity Auditors 2.0. appeared first on First Healthcare Compliance.

First Healthcare Compliance hosts Stephen Bittinger of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, for an interactive discussion on “The UPIC Revolution: CMS Integrity Auditors 2.0.” This webinar is a summary of the CMS UPIC program, the key differences from prior integrity audits, and tools to prepare and defend. Educational Objectives: 1. Learn an overview and purpose of the The post The UPIC Revolution: CMS Integrity Auditors 2.0. appeared first on First Healthcare Compliance.

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Paranoia. Grenzerfahrungen elektronischer Musik im Kontext von Iannis Xenakis’ Schaffen | Symposium Thu May 31, - Jun 02, 2012 Context: Where does the motivation for a tool such as UPIC come from? History: We will have a short look at the history of the UPIC, and then at ten years of software innovations in a post-CEMAMu world. Today: What tools do we dispose of now, when thinking graphically about sound? tomorrow: Xenakis ideas were generally implemented in separate, independent programs. We will dicuss about integration two of them, sieves and stochastic sound, into a graphical editor.

Paranoia. Grenzerfahrungen elektronischer Musik im Kontext von Iannis Xenakis’ Schaffen | Symposium Thu May 31, - Jun 02, 2012 Pourla Paix (1981, 4 speakers, choir - live or recorded -, and UPIC tape 2 tracks) is a strange piece for Xenakis, because it is based on a narrative text (token from two books from his wife, Françoise Xenakis). The sounds realized with UPIC are either narrative either abstract - sometimes both -, and they sound very rich, richer than his first UPIC piece, Mycènes alpha. The choir parts- the piece can also be performed only with these parts - are also typical for Xenakis, but with no special relationship with the UPIC parts. So the difficulty of the piece lies in its impossible balance between its fhree components. In this paper, we will speak about the genetics, the aesthetics and the performance of the piece.