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There is no one perfect model for an effective stress management program, but those that get results often will have several elements in common. One of the most important is to have the program somewhat custom designed.
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Occupational health professionals have been aware for years of the deleterious impact stress can have on employee health. However, a new study in the October 2002 BMJ brings the issue into sharp focus with some disturbing findings, which may indicate a need to redouble efforts to combat workplace stress.
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Basically, youre powerless, James Fossett, a researcher with the Rockefeller Institute of Government in Albany, NY, says about the states and their management of managed care.
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Since the Bush administration and Senate Democrats agreed to spend some $9 billion a year for the next 10 years to provide health coverage for the uninsured, the nonpartisan Washington, DC-based Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) says the two sides need to resolve their political and ideological differences.
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The Washington, DC-based Economic and Social Research Institutes report on possible approaches to expanding health coverage for the uninsured notes that one of the contentious issues is defining the benefit package to be provided.
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With long-term care increasingly a principal driver of higher Medicaid costs for many states, program directors are hoping increased cooperation between states and the federal government will help ease the pressure.
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Hospitals are running the gamut of possible solutions as they struggle to interpret the provisions of the HIPAA privacy rule, says Tony Mogavero, director of physician services for St. Petersburg, FL-based John Putnam International, a company that provides web-based and teacher-led education for access personnel.
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With Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance and post-Sept. 11 security concerns in mind, Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus has revamped its policies and procedures regarding the release of information on patients religious preferences, says Shannon Haager, assistant director of patient access services.
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As hospitals design policies in response to demands of the new privacy rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), access managers are faced with implementing the fine points of the procedures that will be required.
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Hospitals that have long designed and used their own advance beneficiary notices (ABN) to inform patients that a service is not likely to be covered by Medicare now should be using a form released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).