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Because its our policy. Its required by the state. If a wary patient asks registrars why a certain piece of demographic information is needed, these answers are likely to make matters worse.
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At the same time emergency department (ED) registrars began asking self-pay patients for a $25 payment at St. Lukes University Health Network in Bethlehem, PA, the department implemented an onsite medical assistance program.
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When the Supreme Court ruled on the Affordable Care Act last year, it was widely hailed as a win for the healthcare reform law, according to the National Association of Healthcare Access Management (NAHAM), quoting an article in Stateline.
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While the emergency departments (EDs) at St. Lukes University Health Network in Bethlehem, PA, had a cash collection program in place two years ago, it was inconsistent and informal, according to Annemarie Mariani, patient access director.
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Hospital risk managers need to think about how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is changing the laws governing fraud and abuse, says Kathy Tayon, JD, shareholder with the law firm of Fowler White Boggs in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
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News: A 59-year-old woman was discharged from a hospital after undergoing treatment for a clogged dialysis port.
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As provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) come into play this year and for the next several years, the way healthcare is provided could change drastically, and that change has the potential for new or increased risks. At the same time, healthcare providers are taking on more risk through readmission penalties, bundled payments, and population health payments.
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News: A 43-year-old man presented to the emergency department with complaints of chest pain.
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After an analysis of national malpractice claims, patient safety researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, estimate that a surgeon in the United States leaves a foreign object such as a sponge or a towel inside a patients body after an operation 39 times a week, performs the wrong procedure on a patient 20 times a week, and operates on the wrong body site 20 times a week.