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Proposed state laws in Nevada in the wake of a highly publicized hepatitis C outbreak in Las Vegas include proposals to hire infection preventionists (IPs) as consultants to oversee practice in freestanding clinics.
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MLN Matters, published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), provides clarification about the Privacy Rule of HIPAA, when transferring private health information to potential post-acute providers:
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For professionals working in health care, it is easy to quickly become accustomed to the various presentations and stressors that accompany a patient who requires hospitalization. In fact, our efficient functioning is dependent on this to some degree.
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When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled the new MS-DRG reimbursement system in 2007, a data analysis projected that Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center was likely to lose about $500,000 with the new system, based on the hospital's 2006 data.
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Some time in the next 18 months or so, four different sets of auditors could be scrutinizing the medical records at your hospital. It's all part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Medicare Integrity Program initiative, mandated by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, which seeks to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicare claims.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced in October that it will send Food and Drug Administration (FDA) staff to China, India, Europe, and Latin America before the end of 2008.
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Four new Centers of Excellence for Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CERCs) have been added by the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM).
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If you believe the informed consent process truly is a process and not just a multi-page document to get someone to sign, then it's important to develop strategies for improving both the process and the IC form.