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There has to be engagement by the medical staff and leadership to achieve the cultural changes and initiatives necessary to reduce cesarean sections, says Robin Kish, MBA, BSN, RN, CPHQ, vice president of Marsh Clinical Healthcare Consulting in Nashville, TN.
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News: In 2004, a 15-year-old boy underwent brain surgery to eliminate epileptic seizures initiating from the right side of his brain.
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In a motion for leave to file an amicus brief, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) has told a court that the criminalization of language used in medical reports will have a profoundly chilling effect on the practice of medicine.
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This is the perinatal care measure set from The Joint Commission: Set Measure ID: PC-02 Rationale: The removal of any pressure to not perform a cesarean birth has led to a skyrocketing of hospital, state, and national cesarean section rates.
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The Joint Commissions (TJCs) sixth measure set (or fifth and sixth measure sets, for hospitals with fewer than 1,100 births per year) will be chosen by all general medical/surgical hospitals from the approved complement of core measure sets, according to TJC.
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In the recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) opinion regarding co-management, the OIG noted that the arrangement was not protected by any Anti-Kickback Statute safe harbor because the aggregate payment to the group was not set in advance, explains Janice Anderson, JD, shareholder with the law firm of Polsinelli Shughar in Chicago.
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Patient access leaders should explain to employees why collection is important to the hospital and instruct staff on how to correct mistakes.
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To excel at upfront collections, patient access need real-time insurance verification, patient risk scoring, and payment estimation tools, according to revenue cycle experts.
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Difficulty getting pricing info is challenge