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The American Hospital Association says it is “troubled” by a Department of Health and Human Services plan to publicize the identity of those covered entities given civil monetary penalties under enforcement of HIPAA’s administrative simplification section.
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A Department of Justice legal opinion, issued at the request of the Department of Health and Human Services, stated that only covered entities and those people rendered accountable by general principles of corporate criminal liability may be prosecuted under criminal enforcement provisions of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification section.
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Fee for service is making a comeback, contends health care futurist Leland R. Kaiser, who predicts health care is destined to become the leading business in America.
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The campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Center in Little Rock went smoke free last summer in a seamless transition that surprised and delighted access management.
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Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, NC, joined the growing ranks of health care organizations implementing the innovative quality assurance and process improvement strategy Six Sigma.
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Hospital Corp. of America Inc. (HCA), the nations largest hospital company, said it has modified its policies on discounting patient care as of Jan. 1, 2005, based on recent guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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Almost two years after implementation of the final HIPAA privacy regulations, a review of hospitals experience with the regulations and a discussion of some common issues that arise in hospital settings is timely and appropriate.
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By implementing a comprehensive full circle of training for patient access employees which ultimately led to the creation of two new areas within the department Marlton, NJ-based Virtua Health has dramatically increased both registration accuracy and employee satisfaction, says the corporate multisite administrator for patient business services for the 1,051-bed system.
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When a series of four hurricanes hit the coasts of Florida during August and September 2004, it was the worst of times and the best of times, says the regional patient access director for Hospital Corporation of Americas Tampa region.
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An authorization system recently implemented at the University Hospital of Arkansas in Little Rock is on track to streamline the pre-certification process and reduce payer denials, explains the director of hospital admissions.