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These tips for complying with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) are offered by Veronica A. Marsich, JD, a shareholder with the law firm of Smith Haughey in East Lansing, MI.
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A California hospital recently saw a 250% improvement in preventing medical errors related to medications after introducing pharmacy automation. Hospital leaders say the use of bar coding and computerized physician order entry has greatly improved patient safety.
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When employees are injured in falls, should they be sent to the emergency department or the employee health clinic?
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A hospital in Greenville, SC, will pay nearly $9.5 million to resolve Medicare billing improprieties from 1997 through 1999 in its home health, hospice, and durable medical equipment programs, the Office of Inspector General announced recently.
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Where plaintiffs once focused entirely on the settlement amount, even when they had heartfelt grievances, todays plaintiffs are much more likely to demand that you change whatever they think led to their tragedies.
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When two medical tragedies struck Susan Sheridans family, one of her responses was typical and, most would say, entirely justified. She contacted an attorney and sued the health care providers for malpractice. But Sheridan took a different path from most plaintiffs by focusing more on quality improvement than the amount of money in the settlements.
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At Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, case managers are a vital component of the companys Dr. Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease.
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The Dr. Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease is a dramatic lifestyle change for most people who have coronary artery disease or are at risk for the condition.
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The case management department of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island has taken a unique approach to ensuring the physicians will collaborate with their case managers they pay them for their time.
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Centralizing all of its disease management programs has paid off for Aetna.