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It Was Too Early to Detect Sepsis: Can Defense Team Prove It?
Sepsis is not always diagnosable, or even present, at the time of an ED visit. All testing performed in the ED may provide negative results. Despite these facts, plaintiffs still may prevail in a missed sepsis lawsuit. -
Emergency Medicine Residency Programs Devote Little Time to Malpractice Education
Only 18% of emergency medicine (EM) residency programs offer more than four hours a year of medical malpractice/risk management education, according to the authors of a recent study.
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Financial Navigators Can Solve Complex Cases
For patients facing a stack of complex hospital bills, there is a new kind of expert ready to help.
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Many Continue Asking Age-Old Question: ‘Why Do Hospitals Charge So Much?’
A growing number of states are enacting laws to control the cost of healthcare, including services rendered at hospitals.
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New Appropriate Use Criteria for Radiology Will Affect Patient Access
Is this Medicare’s first step toward requiring authorizations for high-end radiology services?
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Insurance Companies Steering Patients Away From Hospital Sites
Registrars are canceling procedures on short notice much more often these days, not because anyone needs to reschedule but because insurance companies are contacting patients to tell them the hospital setting will cost more.
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Two Good Reasons to Earn a Certification: Pride and Validation
Revenue cycle employees need complex skill sets, yet few have earned any type of certification in their field.
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Will Robots Take Over? They May Free Registrars From Tiresome Tasks
Patient access staff spend countless hours on the phone with payer reps, trying to determine if a particular procedure requires authorization. Still more hours are spent going between systems, figuring out why a patient’s insurance claim was denied. What if a robot handled these tasks instead?
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MERS Shows 16% Mortality Rate in Healthcare Workers
A recently published analysis of reported MERS cases between December 2016 and January 2019 revealed that 26% of 403 cases in the region were healthcare workers. The case fatality rate was a disturbing 16% among healthcare workers, compared to 34% among patients. Only 1.9% of the healthcare workers infected had comorbidities compared to 71% in other MERS cases over the period.
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Infectious Disease Groups Demand Border Patrol Administer Flu Shots to Detainees
Leading clinicians and public health officials are strongly questioning the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol’s (CBP) decision not to vaccinate migrants in detention facilities against flu and other infections. The CBP should at the very least immunize employees so they do not bring the virus in to detainees or acquire it, experts say.