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In these times of dwindling health care reimbursement, theres no phrase more significant to access managers and their bosses than denial management.
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Companies seek URAC security accreditation; HIPAA.ICC.NET started to facilitate transmission
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Now that two significant HIPAA compliance deadlines have passed the April 14 deadline for health care industry compliance with the privacy rule and the April 16 deadline for health care business operations to begin testing transactions and code sets its time to take stock of how far along health care organizations really are when it comes to HIPAA compliance.
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Nancy Stringer, director of patient access at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, MO, would like to know how other nonprofit hospitals deal with the impact of nearby for-profit providers that have much stricter patient payment policies.
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Being educated is the best defense when it comes to ensuring that your hospital is compliant with the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
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Looking at opportunities for improvement after becoming director of patient access at Childrens Health Care of Atlanta about two years ago, it was natural that Millie Brown would turn her attention to the quality of registration data.
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When two police officers arrived at a hospital emergency department asking to be informed if the facility had treated an elderly woman reported missing by her family, hospital staff contacted their outside legal counsel for advice because of wariness about HIPAA privacy regulations. And its good they did.
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A discovery that came out of a congestive heart failure (CHF) project led to a Medication Mission that is improving quality of life and reducing readmission rates for patients at St. Joseph Health Center in Warren, OH.
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Daily bed alerts, emergency department (ED) case management, and an express admit unit for direct admits from physician offices are among the initiatives that help streamline operations at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network in Allentown, PA.
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Whether your organization is seeking to reduce process inefficiencies or eliminate the chance of unintended patient harm, action taking is a critical step in the improvement cycle. The cycle involves devising a new or improved process, implementing changes, monitoring the effects of changes, making further adjustments where necessary, and continuing to monitor.