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The state appeals court hearing the lawsuit brought by Chauncey Drewery against his former employer and former coworkers Barbara Wiedebusch, RN, and Kristien Williams, RN, was appalled by the alleged prank played on him during surgery.
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A Texas hospital, its parent company, two surgical nurses, a nurse anesthetist, and a surgical tech are facing a lawsuit charging them with assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress after what the plaintiff says was a prank played on him while he was anesthetized for surgery. An appeals court recently ruled that the defendants should stand trial.
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Emergency departments (EDs) can improve communication and patient care with simple strategies, says Gregory Cuculino, MD, an emergency physician at Taylor Hospital in Philadelphia.
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Healthcare attorneys tell Healthcare Risk Management that they are privy to some things that might shock a risk manager, such as what really happens in the OR.
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A 4% annual increase in the average claim size is responsible for the growth of long-term care liability costs, according to Aon Risk Solutions' "2011 Long Term Care General Liability and Professional Liability Actuarial Analysis." The study was released recently by Aon Corp. in partnership with the American Health Care Association.
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The idea of using a fee and incentive structure to motivate consumer behavior change, as Arizona is attempting to do with a proposed $50 fee on smokers and obese Medicaid clients, is certainly appealing, says Donna Friedsam, MPH, health policy programs director at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute in Madison.
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As a result of the Indiana legislature voting to cut off $3 million in federal money from Planned Parenthood because it provides abortion services, the state's Planned Parenthood clinics stopped treating Medicaid patients, but a June 24 federal district court ruling blocked provisions of the state law.
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Elders and adults with severe disabilities have mostly remained under traditional fee-for-service Medicaid plans, but this is now changing, according to Thomas L. Johnson, BA, JD, president and CEO of Medicaid Health Plans of America, a Washington, DC-based trade association representing Medicaid health plans.
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The state of Arizona has proposed a $50 annual fee on childless adults in Medicaid who are obese or smokers.
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Palliative care was only recognized as a specialty five years ago by the American College of Graduate Medical Education.