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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a 3.8% increase for the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) for 2004.
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HIPAA Q&A
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When you think about patient safety, the first things that come to mind are usually clinical issues such as identification of correct surgical sites, verification of medication allergies, and proper use of electrosurgical equipment.
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At Centre Community Surgical Center in State College, PA, physicians used to submit 10-15 requests for capital purchases each year.
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The 2004 Patient Safety Goals of the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations include all of the 2003 goals along with a new goal that focuses on the reduction of the risk of health care-acquired infections.
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The culture of safety that is promoted throughout the same-day surgery program as well as other departments at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, VA, is most evident in the monthly environment-of-care rounds.
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Now is a good time to do a reality check and refocus on the priorities in your surgical department.
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Reports of a surgeon inserting a screwdriver in a patients spine and another whose license was revoked after his state board for professional medical conduct said his continued practice would put patients in imminent danger have made outpatient surgery managers sit up and pay new attention to credentialing.
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Before Health Plan Alliance started HeartSmart Sisters, a cardiovascular disease management program, the health plan held focus groups to determine what interventions would be most effective with its targeted group, African-American women.
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There are two critical times when patients newly diagnosed with depression are likely to stop taking their medicine the early weeks of treatment and after three months when they start to feel better, says Laura Schneider, LSCW, CEAP, manager of assistance programs and the Taking Charge of Depression Program for PacifiCare Behavioral Health.