Hospital Access Management – October 1, 2003
October 1, 2003
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Knowledge (of denials) is power; integrated database provides it
If you think your hospital doesnt have a problem with denials and you arent doing anything to track them, Christine Collins, CHAM, director of patient access for Bostons Brigham & Womens Hospital, strongly suggests that you just dont know one way or the other.CMS hopes final EMTALA rule will ease burden
There is much to rejoice about in the final rule of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, with many of the most vexing parts of the law either clarified or eliminated altogether, but there still is plenty to keep you busy.Some finer points of the updated EMTALA
These highlights of the final EMTALA rule were summarized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.EMTALA Q&A: ‘Just the facts’ not enough if patient asks about bill
Question: Is it true that we can violate EMTALA by not encouraging a patient to stay for treatment when he wants to leave?Audio conference clarifies final EMTALA regulations
To provide you with critical information on the updated regulations from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Thomson American Health Consultants offers "New EMTALA Regulations: Are They Too Good to be True?" an audio conference on Tuesday, Oct. 21, from 2:30-3:30 p.m., EST.Registrar prevents identity fraud attempt
The emphasis by Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Cares training and data quality team on making sure registrars were well acquainted with the systems process for preventing identity fraud paid off recently.Proper patient ID focus of hospital initiative
With patient safety a heightened imperative from Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, and facing its own duplicate medical record problem, Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, MO, launched an initiative aimed at ensuring proper patient identification.Cream puffs, quilts, and competency tests?
When the training and data quality staff took over the competency assessment of patient access employees at Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care, they added a little regional flair to the process. A competency fair, inspired by Wisconsins popular state fair, replaced the previous practice of having supervisors with checklists review critical functions and material with individual registrars.American Hospital Association urges CMS: More transactions guidance
Recent guidance by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act transactions standards did not go far enough, says the American Hospital Association, which has urged CMS to respond to what the AHA calls critical issues that have not been addressed.