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Technology helps cut readmission rates
With the help of personalized recorded discharge information and educational videos available to patients by telephone or computer, Cullman (AL) Regional Hospital has reduced 30-day readmissions by 15% and increased scores on the discharge section of the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) by 63%. -
Can’t afford a new surgery center? Maybe your competitors can help you
Rather than having the expense of each opening an outpatient surgery center, three healthcare organization in Nashua, NH, created a joint-venture center. -
Where is the compassion for our patients?
Most facilities now have online registration. Great! I want to see that expanded. Some facilities outsource the patient assessment also. Even better! It allows the patient to respond to medical questions in the comfort of their homes where they do not feel rushed. That gives us more accurate information. -
Patch for SGR, delay of ICD-10 signed
President Obama has signed a one-year patch for the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula to postpone a 24% cut in Medicare payments to physicians that had been scheduled to take effect April 1, 2014, according to the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA). -
URAC adopts CM accreditation standards
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Selected companies offering case management software
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How to avoid surprises with new software
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New Hampshire denials: What really happened?
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States put case managers’ clinical qualifications on trial
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Critical Path Networks-Stroke Facts