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NY Hospital Sends Wrong Bills to Patients
1,250 medical statements contained plethora of identity information. Medical theft identity is on the rise. Is your organization prepared for a possible mishap? ICD-9 Codes Take note of the latest possible casualty: After Rochester, NY-based Strong Memorial Hospital…
Continue reading...Medical Boards Disciplining Fewer Doctors Who Commit Errors
Monday, May 24, 2010
Stricter regulations can improve the declining rate of disciplinary actions, says advocacy group. As hospitals and health care facilities around the globe continue to worry about medical errors, a new study shows that state medical boards might share in the…
Continue reading...Quality Assurance: Does Your Hospital’s Peer Review Program Catch Unnecessary Surgeries & Procedures?
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Revamping this safety net protects patients and the hospital’s reputation and compliance record. Hospitals can sidestep a major patient safety and compliance nightmare: A physician who’s been doing procedures that clearly don’t meet established medical necessity criteria. That scenario occurred…
Continue reading...Hospital Risk Management: Head Off the Specter of Surgeons Performing Unneeded Procedures
Monday, March 22, 2010
4 strategies can help, including knowing these key warning signs. Talk about a PR and legal disaster: Media reports that a prominent cardiologist at a hospital may have implanted stents in patients who didn’t need them. That scenario continues to…
Continue reading...OIG 2010 Work Plan Alerts Hospitals to Hot Compliance Areas
Monday, January 18, 2010
POA, PHI & adverse events will be hot spots this year. Make sure your hospital is ready for the new year by studying the HHS OIG’s 2010 Work Plan, which experts say includes a range of…
Continue reading...Hospital Acute Care Psych Unit Uses Performance Improvement Committee
Monday, January 18, 2010
How one facility is using “verbal intervention” and an education/training opportunity to avoid the kind of compliance trouble Medicare/Medicaid facilities often experience when it comes to using physical restraints with psychiatric patients. One facility is taking a…
Continue reading...Keep Staff Up to Date on CPR, Physical Restraint Policies
Monday, January 4, 2010
5 risk management measures that health care providers can learn from one unlucky facility. One hospital had to learn the hard way — after a death in its behavioral health unit and a corrective action plan…
Continue reading...Is Your Urgent Care Clinic EMTALA-Compliant?
Monday, November 30, 2009
Practical EMTALA solutions to 2 tricky urgent care scenarios. Your facility makes the decision to set up an urgent care clinic to take some pressure off the ER and provide a place where patients can…
Continue reading...Incentivize Docs to Adopt EHR — & Still Comply with Stark
Monday, November 23, 2009
One hospital system is taking the plunge on EHR standardization and spending millions to incentivize its physicians to adopt the program — and officials there remembered to check Stark law. The North Shore-LIJ Health System announced in…
Continue reading...EMTALA Compliance: How to Handle Non-Emergent Care in the ER
Sunday, November 15, 2009
How does your hospital handle non-emergencies in the emergency room? EMTALA sets some neat little traps for unwary hospitals in this area. But with proper planning, you can be prepared for a range of situations in the ER…
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Monday, June 7, 2010
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