Healthcare Risk Management
RSSArticles
-
California Hospital Workers Can Waive Required Meal Period
Hospital employees in California are now allowed to waive one of their required meal periods, but risk managers should obtain proper consent before employees skip any meals.
-
Good Relations With Marketing Can Benefit Risk Management
Risk managers should open lines of communication with the marketing department to ensure HIPAA compliance and other benefits.
-
Man-in-middle Attacks Pose Threat in Healthcare
The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights is warning healthcare providers about the risks from “man-in-the-middle” hacking, in which someone hijacks communications between two parties and alters or copies the data without either party knowing.
-
Peer-to-peer Review Would Bring Serious Risks
Peer-to-peer hospital reviews have been proposed as a way to gauge quality and compliance without waiting for the hassle and the potential ramifications of an accreditation survey, but risk managers should carefully consider the potential problems that could arise.
-
Health System Agrees to Restore Deleted Data in False Claims Act Lawsuit
In the case of United States of America et al. v. Bon Secours New York Health System, Inc., et al, a former compliance officer claims she was fired for trying to address healthcare fraud. These details are drawn from the lawsuit and other court documents.
-
False Claims Case Alleging Forgery, Destroyed Email Moves Forward
A long-running False Claims Act lawsuit against Bon Secours New York Health System and its affiliates is moving forward in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, after physicians came forward to attest that someone forged their signatures on documents required for billing.
-
Patient Abandonment Can Occur Without Intent
The current healthcare arena, with a constricted provider marketplace and other challenges for patients seeking a new physician, can amplify the risk of inadvertent patient abandonment.
-
Hand and Toe Amputation Results in $10.4 Million Jury Verdict
Failure to monitor adverse drug events in a patient led to gangrene and amputation of hand and toes.
-
$4.7 Million Verdict for Fatal Failure to Monitor Medication
Failure to monitor a patient's medication use resulted in fatal liver damage.
-
Study Identifies Surprising Priorities of Chronically Critically Ill Patients
To explore the expectations and goals of chronically critically ill patients, researchers interviewed 30 patients and 20 surrogates at a long-term acute care hospital.