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News: In 2007, a woman in labor was given oxytocin to help speed up her delivery and increase the frequency and intensity of her contractions.
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IT security is becoming more important in healthcare every day, but the old ways of educating employees and physicians on this topic are insufficient, say leading IT security experts. Risk managers should consider entirely revamping the way IT security is taught and monitored, they say.
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It is possible that the increased preventative care provided by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could even reduce the number of patients seeking emergent or late-term medical care, thereby reducing medical malpractice claims, but that situation is far from certain, says James Ron Kennedy, MHA, ARM, AIC, vice president for risk management and patient safety at Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Co. (LAMMICO) in Metairie.
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Healthcare reform makes processes for insurance verification a top priority for patient access areas, says Sebrena Johnson, manager of insurance verification and precertification in the Admission Services Department at Cone Health System in Greensboro, NC.
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The publics awareness of the U.S. Senate investigation of Accretive Health, a debt collection company hired by a Minnesota hospital to do registration and upfront collections, has important implications for patient access departments, says Jessica Curtis, director of Boston-based Community Catalysts Hospital Accountability Project.
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Hospitals are left in an untenable position due to changes in policy by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that are causing hospitals to place patients in observation status for more than 48 hours instead of admitting them, according to an April 27, 2012, amicus brief filed by the American Hospital Association (AHA).
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Have community advisory groups give feedback not only on clinical processes, but also the revenue cycle, advises Richard L. Gundling, FHFMA, CMA, vice president of healthcare financial practices for the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA).
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Patient access departments need to prepare for a “great increase” in the volume of patients who are eligible not only for Medicaid, but also private insurance policies, as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) according to Luis Guerrero, director of patient access services at Ochsner Baptist Medical Center in New Orleans.