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In a recent EMTALA E-Bulletin, Stephen A. Frew, JD, a longtime specialist in EMTALA compliance issues and a web site publisher, said he had received reports that Southern California urgent care centers are getting conflicting information on whether the laws reference to dedicated emergency department applies to them.
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OhioHealth in Columbus, OH offers these 14 tips for improving account management.
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Access managers continue to debate the intricacies of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), despite the publication of an EMTALA final rule on Sept. 9, 2003 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The rule became effective Nov. 10, 2003.
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With nursing units swamped in the afternoon with unscheduled admissions, nurses at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston were complaining about the arduous database they had to complete on admission of each patient, notes Maureen McDaniel, RN, manager, bed management, in the patient access services department.
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A process begun four years ago when the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston took a hard look at pending discharges has led to a cutting-edge bed management program and a best practice designation from two national benchmarking organizations.
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A few years ago, the masters prepared social workers (MSWs) and RN case managers at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Orange County, CA, were having the usual disagreements over who should do what for which patient and who was carrying the heavier load.
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When Haywood Regional Medical Center in Clyde, NC, began tracking case management interventions, staff began by looking at variances in care and documenting them to see how they could improve patient care.
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New infection control standards by the Joint Com-mission describe a widely supported and collaborative program that represents one of a hospitals top priorities.
