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This policy presents the organizations obligations in complying with The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act and stipulates compensation parameters for nonworking time granted due to certain military training and service obligations.
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As an ED manager, you should take note of a new study reporting that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology can detect heart attacks faster than other methods in ED patients with chest pain.
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This is the first part of a two-part series on improving ED reimbursement under ambulatory payment classifications. This month, we cover nursing assessment criteria, ED chargemasters, billing for evaluation and management services services, and observation services.
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Violations of HIPAA's oral privacy requirements, which go into effect April 14, 2003, may result in civil penalties of up to $25,000 for each requirement violated, and criminal penalties of up to $50,000 and one year in prison for obtaining or disclosing protected health information.
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Emergency department full capacity protocol for in-house hall bed placement from Stony Brook (NY) University Hospital and Medical Center.
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If your ED already is experiencing high vacancy rates for nursing staff, decreased morale, and increased patient volume, try this on for size: What if you suddenly lost several nurses, technicians, and physicians without notice for an undetermined period of time?
This is the scenario many EDs may face in the coming months as a result of losing staff due to military call-ups.
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When elderly people need long-term care for themselves or their loved ones, they often experience sticker shock when they find out the cost.
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Those baby boomers are doing it again. After dominating the job market, revolutionizing the music and entertainment scene, and setting American culture on its ear for all those years, theyre going to create major challenges to the health care market as they age.
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The U. S. Preventive Service Task Force has concluded that women older than 65 who have always had regular normal Pap smears may not benefit from continued routine screenings.
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The average consent form for clinical trial volunteers is written at the 10th-grade reading level, while an estimated one in two American adults reads at or below an eighth-grade level, a new study has concluded.