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Researchers examine revisits of outpatient surgery patients within 30 days
A recent research letter in The Journal of the American Medical Association says that quality improvement and pay-for-performance initiatives in ambulatory surgery should use cause- or operation-specific outcomes, rather than all-cause outcomes.
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What makes seniors more likely to have unanticipated admissions?
According to a study in the August issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, older adults are at greater risk of unanticipated hospital admission within 30 days of ambulatory surgery, even after adjusting for comorbidities.
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4 steps to avoid hospital admissions that are unanticipated with elderly patients
To avoid delirium and unanticipated hospital admissions with seniors, you must evaluate the home situation, say sources interviewed by Same-Day Surgery.
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New budget won’t let hospitals acquire ASCs and label them HOPDs
The new budget approved by Congress at the end of October establishes site-neutral payment for provider-based hospital outpatient departments that are created after the bill’s date of enactment. President Obama has said he will sign the bill.
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SDS discharge planning rule proposed for hospitals
On Oct. 29, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a proposed rule revising discharge planning requirements for hospitals, critical access hospitals, and home health agencies that are reimbursed by the Medicare and Medicaid programs, according to the American Hospital Association.
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New procedures added to ASC list
The CMS finalized the addition of the following codes to the list of procedures payable when performed at ambulatory surgery centers.
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CMS releases final 2016 physician payment rule
The CMS finalized a payment increase of 0.5% for the physician fee schedule for calendar year 2016, as required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, the American Hospital Association reported.
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Medicare’s 2016 final payment rule released for hospitals and surgery centers
The ASC increase is based on a projected rate of inflation of 0.8% minus a 0.5 percentage point productivity adjustment required by the Affordable Care Act, ASCA reported. This payment update is significantly lower than the 1.1% update in the proposed rule, which was based on an inflation rate of 1.7% minus a 0.6 percentage point productivity adjustment.
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Poor Behavior in the OR is no Longer a Secret
Recent cases show lots of bad behavior and it's not a pretty picture.
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Expert report: PPE changes, confusion preceded Dallas nurses’ Ebola infections
Healthcare workers trying to save a patient dying of Ebola last year at a Dallas hospital were confused and “lost confidence” trying to protect themselves with PPE guidelines that were in flux at that critical time, an expert investigative panel concluded.