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Prices in the commercial insurance industry, which declined steadily in 2004 in the first yearlong soft market since 1998, may be showing signs of a rebound, according to a new survey.
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Sooner or later, some type of crisis will hit you and your organization. It's an inevitable part of your job, so risk managers should plan for that day by preparing contingency plans and putting together a "bible" of crucial information ahead
of time, suggest two risk managers who have weathered storms.
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The impostors visiting hospitals must be taken very seriously, says the vice president for accreditation field operations with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
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A woman presented to the ED of a hospital. When told there would be a two-hour wait to be seen, she tried to drive to another hospital but had to stop and call for emergency medical assistance. She was taken by ambulance back to the first hospital where, several hours she later, she was diagnosed with a perforated bowel. Rather than immediately undergo the required emergency surgery, she agreed to be transferred to another hospital. She died shortly after arriving at the receiving facility.
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Any statement by staff that is construed as discouraging a patient from staying for treatment could be seen as an EMTALA violation.
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To make full disclosure work, you first have to remember that it is not a program or an effort, or a policy, says a leader at one hospital that has undergone a major change in way adverse events are discussed with patients and families. Full disclosure is more of a philosophy and an overall way of working with people, says the chief operating officer and vice president of care delivery at Childrens Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published the third in a series of seven papers designed to provide guidance on the HIPAA security standards.
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Many small physician practices had gaps in three key areas as they attempted to meet the April 20 deadline for HIPAA security standards, according to Dallas-based MedSynergies.
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In the March 25 Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published procedures for nonprivacy administrative simplification complaints under HIPAA, along with a description of the procedures the Department of Health and Human Services will follow in reviewing such complaints.
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To effectively manage patients care, providers need the most information possible. The question becomes, under HIPAA, whether managed care organizations can disclose patient information to all providers for any reason