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Although he did not make a physical appearance at the 18th Management and Leadership Conference of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, management expert and author Jim Collins nonetheless exerted a powerful presence.
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Despite all of its successes in improving care for patients facing the end of life, Oregon still has not made headway in treating pain and suffering, according to researchers at the Center for Ethics in Healthcare at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland.
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Hospice a factor in best hospital list; providers gear up for new HIPAA regulations; JCAHO revises areas for random surveys in 2004; CMS: 3.3% rise in home health payment rates; no quick end to nursing shortage, new report says
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Two Ohio lawmakers want to see palliative care become the standard for dying children in the United States.
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The dialogue among Hospital Access Management readers continues as access managers work to fine-tune processes and enhance cash collection in the emergency department.
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Frontline access management staff at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston face excruciating tasks on a daily basis.
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A relationship of cooperation and mutual respect between access and the billing department is at the heart of a successful quality initiative at Childrens Health Care of Atlanta.
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South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, MA, is collecting thousands of dollars more each month, thanks to a new initiative aimed at making sure patients are aware in advance of their copays.
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Tips from Anthony M. Bruno, MPA, MEd, Director of Patient Access and Business Operations, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia.
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Can you imagine the advantage of having a full-time systems analyst in the patient access department, working with access staff on a daily basis to solve information systems problems days, maybe weeks before a service request would have been answered by your organizations IS department? That is reality at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center - Presbyterian.