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Program aims to improve geriatric surgical care
The American College of Surgeons, with the John A. Hartford Foundation in New York City, will conduct a four-year initiative that it says will lead to improved care of older surgical patients through a standards and verification program for hospitals.
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Anesthesiologist ordered to pay $500,000 after patient’s smartphone records insults
A Virginia jury ordered an anesthesiologist and her practice to pay a patient $500,000 for disparaging remarks made during surgery and a false diagnosis on his chart. The man might never have known about the offenses if he had not accidentally recorded the encounter on his smartphone.
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Warning! Smartphone recordings could be a liability risk for your facility
Smartphones are everywhere, and it has become increasingly common for patients to record their encounters with clinicians, usually so they can review the medication instructions or other information that they might not remember clearly.
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How to address management company complaints
Having an outside professional manage your staff and services is a neato, hip, and cool solution! Yay! Problem solved! … Or is it just beginning?
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Comments solicited on office-based cataract surgery
In its proposed 2016 Medicare fee schedule regulation, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is soliciting information regarding the advisability of paying for cataract surgery in the office-based surgical suite, according to the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society.
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11 new procedures proposed for ASCs in 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed to add 11 new procedures to the ASC list of payable procedures:
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Proposed Medicare payment rates released
<>In the 2016 proposed payment rule for ambulatory surgery centers and hospital outpatient departments, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing a 1.1% effective rate update for ASCs. -
Participants in ASC pilot study share safety changes
Are you looking for ideas to improve your facility’s patient safety culture? Would you like to compare your safety culture to that of other ambulatory surgery centers?
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Bank robber lockdown holds lessons
Outpatient surgery managers can study the recent lockdown at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, VA, involving an escaped bank robber for lessons that might improve their own emergency planning.
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Shootings, other violence on the rise and pose major liability risks
Escaped murderer David Sweat recently was shot and captured after a three-week manhunt in New York. He was taken to Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone, NY, according to CNN.1 He later was moved to Albany Medical Center, where vascular surgery specialists and others were involved in his care, CNN said.