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It may be popular these days for hospices to create a statement of their core values as part of a management and organizational exercise,
but thats just the easy part. The real challenge is translating the mission statement into a quality improvement foundation for all that a hospice organization does.
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When a hospice manager visits with a nursing home director to discuss hospice referrals, the focus should be on more than just what the hospice can do for patients; emphasis also should be placed on what the hospice can do for the skilled nursing facility (SNF) and its staff, experts advise.
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The Department of Health and Human Services extended for one year the Sept. 16, 2004, expiration date for an interim final rule establishing procedures for imposition of civil money penalties on entities that violate HIPAA administrative simplification standards.
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Thinking creatively, but not expensively, is the key to meeting HIPAA requirements with a limited budget, according to Maria Woods, vice president for compliance and regulatory affairs at Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers of New York, who spoke at the Ninth Annual HIPAA Summit in September.
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Increases in outsourcing, the merging of health care organizations, and changes in the consulting business may equal some new opportunities for qualified access management professionals.
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Eight common factors were identified as critical for success in improving patient flow in the nations emergency departments in a report from the Urgent Matters Learning Network, a national initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Hospitals no longer are required to collect Medicare Secondary Payey information where there is no face-to-face encounter with a beneficiary, thanks to a recent clarification by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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A thriving emergency department cash collection program is the latest manifestation of Marlton, NJ-based Virtua Healths use of an innovative quality assurance and process improvement strategy called Six Sigma.
