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It's not yet known exactly what federal help will be forthcoming to struggling state Medicaid programs, but one thing is clear: Many states are in survival mode and planning for the worst-case scenario.
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Medicare no longer pays for a list of "never events"serious medical mistakes in hospitals that occur at hospitals, such as wrong-site surgery and serious medication errorsfor discharges occurring on or after Oct. 1, 2008.
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When Arizona received its Medicaid Transformation Grant in 2007, "we had a budget surplus," says Anthony Rodgers, director of the state of Arizona Medicaid/ SCHIP programs, known as the Arizona Health Care Cost-Containment System.
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A California hospital's efforts to improve the care of acutely ill patients who are in the emergency department or on medical-surgical floors rather than the intensive care unit has made it a 2008 recipient of the 12th annual Ernest Amory Codman Award, awarded by The Joint Commission.
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An incident such as the Plaxico Burress gunshot injury should prompt risk managers to review all relevant contracts, bylaws, and related policies related to the legal obligation to report gunshot wounds, says Martin Kalish, MD, JD, a partner with the law firm of Arnstein & Lehr in Miami.
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These are details of some of the most recent medical helicopter crashes:
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News: A man injured his neck and back after diving into the bottom of a shallow lake. He was transported to the hospital, where physicians became concerned that the man's central spinal canal had been compromised.
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Emergency department physicians and nurses are deeply concerned about the ability of the nation's hospitals to deal with the medical implications of a radioactive dirty bomb or other terrorist attacks involving radioactive materials, according to a new study. Experts say the findings should be a warning to risk managers that action is needed.
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A hospital in New York is at the center of a storm of criticism, bad publicity, and possible criminal charges after an employee failed to report the gunshot wound of NFL star Plaxico Burress, as required by law.
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If you are going to use medical helicopters, Don Maciejewski, JD, an aviation attorney with the Jacksonville, FL, law firm of Zisser Robison, recommends that risk managers be prepared for the worst. Make sure you are adequately insured to cover the payouts from a crash that kills five people on a nonurgent mission, he says.