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Patients Prep for, Recover from Surgery with App
A new smartphone app is helping surgery patients at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville follow a treatment program to better prepare them for surgery and speed their recovery.
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Pre-Surgery Optimization Clinic Supports Patients at High Risk for Complications
PinnacleHealth in Harrisburg, PA, is opening its PinnacleHealth Surgery Optimization Clinic to all high-risk orthopedic surgery patients, followed by high-risk surgical patients in other service lines by year’s end.
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Your Most Expensive Asset Might Be at Risk
I enjoy writing about issues that affect all of us in the surgery industry, from freestanding ambulatory surgery centers to hospital-based to office-based.
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CMS Proposes to Drop Physician Pay Rate 0.08%
After applying the 0.5% payment increase required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 and other budget neutrality cuts, CMS estimates a 0.08% decrease in physician payment rates for 2017 compared to 2016, according to the American Hospital Association.
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Measures Added to Hospital, ASC Quality Program
CMS did not propose to add new measures to the Ambulatory Surgery Center Quality Reporting Program for 2018 or 2019 payment determinations, the ASC Association said. However, the agency proposed that seven measures be added for 2020 payment determinations for ASCs and hospital outpatient departments.
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1.55% Pay Boost Proposed for Hospital Outpatients
CMS proposed to update hospital outpatient prospective payment system rates by 1.55% in the calendar year 2017 compared to CY 2016, according to the American Hospital Association .
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CMS Proposes 1.2% Rate Increase for ASCs
CMS has released the 2017 proposed payment rule for ambulatory surgery centers and under the proposed rule, ASCs would see an effective update of 1.2%, according to the ASC Association.
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Outpatient Surgery Staff Members Can Fight Patients’ Opioid Addiction
With 78 opioid-related deaths a day, what can one healthcare staff member do? The answer is plenty, according to a panel discussion at the recent annual meeting of the American Medical Association.
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Replacing Ill Workers with Healthy Ones Accelerates Some Epidemics
Telling sick workers to stay home and healthy staff to come in might not be the best way to stop spread of an infection. -
Resistance to Compliance is Futile
Compliance is critical to receiving a favorable CMS or Joint Commission survey outcome.