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The quality of nursing care will have a much bigger impact on reimbursement than ever before, as a result of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) "no pay" conditions, according to a recent analysis.
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With ever-growing data collection requirements from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, The Joint Commission, health plans, and state hospital associations, how can quality professionals keep up without adding an army of data abstractors?
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The professionals in the addiction treatment services team at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore have created an approach for treating methadone patients, called the motivated stepped care (MSC) model, which has decreased positive urine tests from 74% to 54% and increased group counseling attendance from 14% to 65%.
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Promoting its Hospital Compare web site, the Department of Health and Human Services launched its first ever national advertising campaign, kicking it off in 58 major newspapers on May 21. The campaign cost $1.9 million.
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A recent survey by Deloitte reveals that U.S. consumers still perceive a technological gap in the health care industry and want more personalized care. Using a web-based questionnaire, 3,031 adults age 18 and older were surveyed.
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Entering the ED, my main goal was the well-being of my son. However, working in the health care revenue cycle industry, I was curious to see how this particular ED, which is part of a major hospital system in a large metropolitan area, would handle processing my information and asking for payment.
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Work flow and business processes must drive change. Whether the process evaluation is driven internally or externally from consultants, it is the critical factor for long-term viability and success.
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Reimbursement for care of illegal immigrants could take a big hit as of Sept. 30, 2008 not great news as talk of health care costs, caring for the uninsured, and concern about insurance coverage become more rampant. Lobbyists are taking the issue on now, as hospital administrators, associations, and congressional leaders hit Washington, DC.