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Survey fees charged by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations will increase for 2005. Prepare your hospital for a very unusual flu season.
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The most critical issue before, during, and after any emergency is communications, say the Florida home health managers who faced multiple hurricanes during the 2004 hurricane season.
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As for-profit hospices grow and gain market share in the hospice industry, their nonprofit counterparts might learn a few new tricks from them about marketing hospice services to the public.
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In 1975, when the Hospice of Marin in Corte Madera, CA, became the second hospice to open in the United States, no one envisioned a time when hospices would become the standard for end-of-life careeven in profitable chains.
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Although the safety of employees and patients as well as the resumption of care to patients is a priority for a home health agency following an emergency, dont forget to address financial and regulatory issues that affect your agencys operation, says Connie Hetterich, RN, administrator of Sacred Heart Home Care in Pensacola, FL.
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The devastation that Florida has experienced this hurricane season is unlike any the state has seen before. Following are the lessons learned from one agency caught in the middle of Ivan, one of the more powerful storms.
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In this issue, Hospice Management Advisor presents the second article in a two-part special report on how hospices nationwide are beginning to expand their services to treat people residing in long-term-care facilities and assisted living communities. This article features information about making the most of a partnership with an assisted living community.
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Hospitals will not be required to report a patients immigration status to receive funding for uncompensated emergency care provided to undocumented immigrants, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has said in a letter to the American Hospital Association.
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An Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) requirement regarding the responsibilities of hospitals when a patient is transferred to another facility was clarified recently by Stephen Frew, JD, a risk management consultant and EMTALA expert.
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Providers and health plan representatives say two provisions of the HIPAA privacy rule the requirement to account for certain information disclosures and the requirement to develop agreements with business associates that extend privacy protections downstream are unnecessarily burdensome, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office.
