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Standardize Processes for Patient Identification
Department maintains 98% accuracy rate.
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Turn Unhappy Patients Into Partners
Explain that identifiers are for their own safety.
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Watch for Signs Something Just Isn’t Right
To prevent identify theft, patient access leaders conduct Red Flags Rule training annually at Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, CA.
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Report Finds Thousands of Patient ID Errors
Registration errors may have 'disastrous consequences' for patients.
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Billing and Collection Issues Associated with non-FFS situations in 2017
How will your practice or healthcare organization deal with the billing and collection issues associated with non-Fee for Service situations such as Shared Savings, Performance and Quality Incentives, Care Management, and Case Payments? -
FDA Moves to Expand Access to Hearing Aids
Agency exploring offering devices over the counter, which could benefit millions of Americans.
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U.S. Life Expectancy Decreases, First Time in More Than Two Decades
This in conjunction in a year-over-year rise in overall deaths for the first time in years.
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FDA Actions
Agency approves prasterone to treat women with moderate to severe dyspareunia due to menopause-related vulvar and vaginal atrophy.
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Notable COX-2 Inhibitor Carries Same CV Risks as Traditional NSAIDs
However, promising report not without its critics.
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Exploring Therapies to Reduce Pelvic and Hip Fractures
More evidence suggests thiazides improve bone strength and reduce fracture risk by exerting a positive effect on calcium balance and perhaps a direct stimulatory effect on osteoblasts.