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Registrars at the University Hospital of Arkansas in Little Rock are saving time and paper and creating more accessible records by scanning patients insurance and health information into the computer, says Mary Nellums, CHAM, admissions manager.
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Dont let concerns about severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) prompt measures that will put your hospital at risk for violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), warns Stephen Frew, JD, a web site publisher and longtime specialist in EMTALA compliance based in Loves Park, IL.
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Theres a new patient confidentiality development access personnel should know about, and it has nothing to do with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy standard.
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Consent form, patient care subject of new study; Interim rule issued for HIPAA penalties; Hospital mergers down, recent study shows; Medical liability reform still needed, survey says; More help sought for rural hospitals; LOS trending down, CDC survey explains
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Ever reflected on the absurdity of gearing up every three years to face the JCAHO surveyor piles of policies in hand and brass freshly polished only to heave a sigh of relief and go back to business as usual the next day?
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Cheryl Staske, MS, director, hospital registration centers, at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, IL, has some feedback for access colleague Kathy Pajor, who seeks advice in the March issue of Hospital Access Management on how to increase point-of-service collections in the emergency department (ED) while strictly adhering to the provisions of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).
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Just as access managers take a breath after rushing to make sure their hospitals are in compliance with the privacy standard, its time to kick into gear for the upcoming HIPAA transaction code-set deadline, which is Oct. 16, 2003.
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Editors note: This column runs occasionally in Hospital Access Management and addresses questions regarding the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).
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Lori Judge, MS, HAS, director of patient financial services at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead, KY, offers some feedback on her hospitals efforts at cash collection in the emergency department (ED).
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HCA changes policies give more financial aid; More ED crowding seen at large, urban hospitals.
