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Efforts Underway to Reduce Medicare Spending, Meet Standards for Spending Per Beneficiary
With the healthcare industry’s increased focus on value-based purchasing, debate continues as to whether hospitals are meeting standards for total Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary.
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Age-Friendly Health Systems Initiative Improves Delivery, Quality of Care for Older Patients
With thousands of people across the United States reaching age 65 and older every day, hospitals and health systems are looking for ways to improve care for these patients and better suit their needs.
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Strategies for How Case Managers Can Truly ‘Hear’ Patients’ Stories
Case managers have the power to help their patients change their own narratives about their illnesses and injuries.
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Case Managers Can Help Patients Improve Health Outlook
Case managers can learn skills to help patients change their concerns about illness or injury through developing a functional life story that teaches optimism.
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In-house Physician Advisors Can Help Case Managers
Physician advisors, once associated primarily with payers and external vendors, can help case managers and other physicians with utilization management, discharge activities, and documentation accuracy.
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Hospital Cited for Recording Psych Patient in ED
A Minnesota hospital violated patient privacy by recording patients without their knowledge or consent during psychiatric evaluations in the ED, according to a CMS investigation.
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Hefty HIPAA Penalties for Allowing TV Cameras in Hospitals
OCR has reaffirmed its position on television film crews in clinical care areas, issuing substantial fines on three hospitals that OCR says violated HIPAA by disclosing PHI to a broadcast news organization.
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Operational Issues Often Hamper Access to Patient Records
Research continues to show that patients are denied access to medical records because of HIPAA-related restrictions and processes.
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Delayed Laboratory Analysis Results in Permanent Paralysis and $44.5 Million Verdict
This case serves as an example to physicians and medical providers that ordering medical tests is not a matter of order and forget.
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Hospital Liable for Technicians’ Treatment Resulting in Child’s Hypoxia
Hospitals must assure that the medical staff oversees the rules, regulations, and policies that delineate who can do what, under which circumstances and under what level of supervision.