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Many hospital associates believe that registration staff simply sit at their desk and greet patients, reports Barbara Blum, director of access, admitting, and registration at MedStar Health in Columbia, MD. "They have no idea what the registration staff's responsibilities include," Blum says.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) instructed state Medicaid agencies to develop a RAC program by Jan. 1 of this year but the program is not expected to be in full swing until well into 2013.
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[Editor's note: Last month in Case Management Insider, we started our discussion on the case management process. We reviewed the first two steps in the process which were "selection and screening" and "patient assessment and diagnosis." In this month's edition we will continue to review the steps that case manager's use in their daily work to achieve positive outcomes for their patients and their organizations.]
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By centralizing the patient transfer process, Baylor Health Care System, with headquarters in Dallas, has made it easier for patient to transfer from one hospital to another and facilitates communication between clinicians.
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News: A 32-year-old woman presented to the hospital following a planned home delivery with the assistance of a midwife.
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This is a portion of the Elective Delivery Policy use at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville to minimize unnecessary deliveries before 39 weeks gestation:
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Hospitals are taking a closer look at visitor access, especially in units such as obstetrics where visitors should be monitored closely, and one hospital is finding success with a key card similar to those used in hotels.
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News: In one of the largest verdicts handed down in recent Florida history, a hospital was ordered to pay $178 million in damages for permanently disabling a 38-year-old patient during gastric bypass surgery.