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During a routine process and operational audit of a hospital facility last month, we discovered an interesting situation. The supply cost and personnel cost for most ambulatory surgery cases exceeded the reimbursement by 30%.
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If you think your hospital doesnt have a problem with denials, then you arent doing enough to track them, says Christine Collins, CHAM, director of patient access for Brigham & Womens Hospital in Boston.
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Wouldnt you love for emergency department (ED) nurses to have a quick, easy way to access department policies, updates, drip charts, dosing protocols, telephone numbers, and procedures for infrequent ordering processes?
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Health care providers have access to plenty of flowcharts and algorithms designed to guide the treatment of patients with particular diagnoses, but many of them arent designed for use in the emergency department (ED).
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A case management program for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients at MeritCare Health System in Fargo, ND, helps women smoothly navigate through the health care maze as they make treatment decisions.
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Since Hurley Medical Center in Flint, MI, began a comprehensive program to improve documentation, reimbursement has improved and the hospitals severity of illness and risk of mortality data have come in line with benchmark data.
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When Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, undertook an initiative to improve the efficiency of nursing homes admissions, the task force looked at ways to improve communication and collaboration with local skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).
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Before Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center started an initiative to improve the transition of patients to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), about 12% of the Lebanon, NH, facilitys patient days were patients waiting for SNF placement.
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Researchers are set to release new data confirming the benefits of a case management strategy heralded three years ago as a way to decrease the cost of treating repeat patients in the emergency department (ED).