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Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, have developed an adjuvant systemic therapy tool, or calculator, that can help physicians and their patients better determine melanoma treatment options.
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The old adage, knowledge is power, has been used so often its become a cliché. In the world of quality and process improvement, the phrase knowledge is excellence carries far more weight and truth.
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Internal compliance investigations often begin with interviews. In this case, the first step may be the most difficult component of an internal investigation strategy to master, warns Steven Ortquist, chief compliance officer at Banner Health System in Phoenix.
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Make no mistake, the False Claims Act still is the 800-pound gorilla of health care anti-fraud efforts. Judgements and settlements in health care fraud cases exceeded $1.2 billion in 2001 and amount to more than $850 million so far this year.
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Oct. 17 that it settled for a total of more than $5.4 million with seven hospitals alleged to have improperly billed Medicare for medical procedures involving experimental cardiac devices, bringing to more than $40 million the total settlements collected in the nationwide cardiac devices false-claims litigation.
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Nursing home enforcement remains an enormous issue, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Tom Scully warned health care providers earlier this month.
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Fugh-Berman A, Low Dog T. Dietary supplements for weight loss. Altern Ther Women's Health 2002;4(11):81-85.
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In June a report emerged in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology that should get every obstetrical providers attention.
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This is the first report from a randomized, placebo-controlled trial of tamoxifen for the chemoprevention of breast cancer in women deemed to be at high risk.
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The patient Jan Daugherty was visiting at an Arizona long-term care facility was very near the end of his life. Barely able to move and unable to speak, he communicated only with his eyes, which brightened when she gave him a drink of water. Later during the visit, she was able to feed him three glasses of juice and two cups of ice cream.