--- title: "Whitepaper" description: "Posts filed under Whitepaper." url: "https://excelas1.com/blog/categories/whitepaper" updated: "2022-07-05" type: "category" --- # Whitepaper 5 posts filed under Whitepaper, newest first. Each link is the post's markdown twin; drop the `.md` for the page. - [Growth through the development of the Comprehensive Integrated Timeline Tool (CITT)](https://excelas1.com/blog/growth-through-the-development-of-citt.md) (2022-07-05): In 2020, Excelas began collecting and creating timelines of the government COVID-19 guidelines in a database of over 10,000 relevant documents - [The Rationale for a Medical Literature Chronology Database](https://excelas1.com/blog/the-rationale-for-a-medical-literature-chronology-database.md) (2021-03-12): Risk managers, industry experts, and long-term care leaders have been discussing the importance of the following in defending COVID-19 claims and litigation cases: • Federal Guidance • State Guidance • Local Guidance • Company Response to the Guidance • Facility Response to the Guidance Excelas, LLC has been instrumental in developing a way to memorialize all this information in an easy to use, cloud-based system. Will this be all we reference? We believe there is an additional layer to the already voluminous amount of information individuals and providers were being forced to evaluate on a daily basis – the medical treatment expectations, and how they were changing throughout 2020. Through our software, all information can be merged into an individual patient or resident’s medical chronology to exhibit a comprehensive, sequential record of all relevant standards and expectations at a specific point in time. Sharon Ezzone, MBA, Excelas, LLC., Vice President, Operations - [Preparing for Government Audits: Hospice Services](https://excelas1.com/blog/preparing-for-government-audits-hospice-services.md) (2016-07-05): In the healthcare industry, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) maintains a consistent vigilance over providers and their utilization, billing, and claims practices to ensure that the services they pay for are appropriate and in compliance. This vigilance extends to providers within the entire long-term and post-acute care continuum—including hospice services. - [Preparing for Government Audits: Therapies](https://excelas1.com/blog/preparing-for-government-audits-therapies.md) (2014-08-05): There is little argument that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are justified in seeking to ensure that the long-term and post-acute care services they pay for are appropriate and meet federal standards. And from a purely budgetary standpoint, it makes perfect sense to put checks and balances in place to make sure the dollars are spent where they should be. - [Preparing for Government Audits: Atypical Antipsychotics](https://excelas1.com/blog/preparing-for-government-audits-atypical-antipsychotics.md) (2013-05-17): Most people would agree that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are justified in seeking to ensure that the long-term an acute care services they pay for are appropriate and meet federal standards. After all, ours is a rapidly aging population that is increasingly reliant on the Medicare/Medicaid system. From a purely budgetary standpoint, it makes perfect sense to put checks and balances in place to make sure the dollars are spent where they should be. --- To work with Excelas: https://excelas1.com/contact. Site map for agents: https://excelas1.com/llms.txt.