Hospital Access Management – March 1, 2005
March 1, 2005
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NC hospital uses Six Sigma initiative to train staff and target bad debt
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, NC, joined the growing ranks of health care organizations implementing the innovative quality assurance and process improvement strategy Six Sigma. -
Guest Column: Does request for data meet the HIPAA test?
Almost two years after implementation of the final HIPAA privacy regulations, a review of hospitals experience with the regulations and a discussion of some common issues that arise in hospital settings is timely and appropriate. -
Arkansas hospital easily goes ‘smoke free’
The campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Center in Little Rock went smoke free last summer in a seamless transition that surprised and delighted access management. -
Access managers discuss impact of concierge care
Fee for service is making a comeback, contends health care futurist Leland R. Kaiser, who predicts health care is destined to become the leading business in America. -
HCA changes policies for discounting care
Hospital Corp. of America Inc. (HCA), the nations largest hospital company, said it has modified its policies on discounting patient care as of Jan. 1, 2005, based on recent guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.