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Appellate Court Denies Attempt to Vacate $8.3 Million Birth Injury Award
This case reveals lessons about both liability and damages, including the inherently speculative nature of damages for injuries caused to young individuals.
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Prosecutors May Look for COVID-Related Restructuring Fraud
Risk managers should be on the alert for fraud and abuse related to reimbursement issues and financial restructuring related to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the high reimbursement rates for a COVID-19 diagnosis for hospitals and an additional large sum for the use of a ventilator, the potential for fraud and abuse in hospitals is substantial.
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Reduce Workers’ Comp Costs with In-House Services, Return Programs
Controlling workers’ compensation costs is challenging for any employer, and healthcare employers face difficult work-related situations. Paying attention to some of the most common and costliest risks can help manage the financial effects.
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Steps to Improve HIPAA Compliance at Home
HIPAA compliance for employees working remotely depends on a sound IT infrastructure, including encrypted routers and structured setup of equipment.
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Common Misconceptions About HIPAA Can Threaten Patient Safety, Quality of Care
Misconceptions about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act continue despite years of education. Some wrong interpretations can jeopardize patient safety.
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How One Hospital Screened Every Employee Daily for COVID-19
The Miami (FL) Cancer Institute achieved a feat that many healthcare institutions aspired to during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic: screening every employee and visitor every day for COVID-19 symptoms before allowing them into the facility. The logistics may be useful to other hospitals in the next disease outbreak.
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Did Parent Refuse Vaccine? Nurses Offer Strong Opinions on Dismissal
This can become an ethical issue for nurses if their practice has a dismissal policy that conflicts with their strongly held convictions about the right response to vaccine-refusing families.
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Ending Race Disparities: ‘Less About Clinical Interventions, Much More About Ethics’
A leading expert explains why disparities persist and how ethicists can help.
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Ethical Guidance Needed if Someone Wants to Override Patient’s Wishes
Hospitals could put a policy in writing to make clear the obligation of staff to follow a patient’s previously expressed decisions and the obligation of the surrogate to make the decision the patient would want, not the decision the surrogate would want.
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ICU Length of Stay Linked to Burnout in Critical Care Nurses
Considering longer length of stay is a possible consequence of burnout, there is an ethical concern that patients are harmed when exposed to healthcare systems with high rates of clinical staff burnout.