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Accuracy of screening for inhalational anthrax after a bioterrorist attack; Trends in hospitalization after injury: Older women are displacing young men
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ED Management has learned that researchers are about to release new data confirming the benefits of a case management strategy heralded three years ago as a way to decrease the cost of treating repeat patients in the ED.
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The same strategies that landed the emergency department at Albany (NY) Medical Center in the top 5% for overall acute care of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in a national study can be used successfully in any ED, says an Albany ED physician. But be forewarned: Some interdepartmental diplomacy is key.
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The March of Dimes in White Plains, NY, says that while every baby born in the United States undergoes some level of newborn screening, many parents dont realize that states determine the disorders to screen for, and most do not meet the recommendations made by the March of Dimes medical specialists.
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While Medicaid and the State Childrens Health Insurance Program have done much to bring health care services to people who need them, those efforts can be in vain if there arent enough physicians available and willing to participate. A new report provides a framework through which states can assess factors that promote or hinder physician access and identify actions to improve access.
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Oklahoma officials like the numbers theyve heard about: The state could save more than $20 million through 2007. The states new Medicaid claims processing system, which recently won Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services certification and entitles Oklahoma to enhanced funding, is the savior.
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Despite new data that show Medicaid plays a small role in states fiscal problems, Medicaid programs in all states remain a significant target for budget cutting, according to another study.
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If you think your hospital doesnt have a problem with denials, then you arent doing anything to track them, says Christine Collins, CHAM, director of patient access for Brigham & Womens Hospital in Boston. The heart of successful denial management, she emphasizes, is a denial database that categorizes the bills that are denied and the reasons why.
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Once again, a controversial ergonomics rule has come under fire; but this time, voters in Washington state will be the ones to decide whether to keep the rule or repeal it. The outcome of Initiative 841 on the Nov. 4 ballot could have implications for ergonomics efforts across the nation.