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Its easy to make the case that many administrative transactions health organizations routinely handle in-house can be done better, faster, and more cost-effectively by outside vendors. Yet less than 1% of health organizations outsource all of their revenue cycle processes.
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Access departments are playing with fire if they dont consistently obtain consent for treatment before treatment is given, emphasizes Susan Baxley, corporate admitting manager for Sacramento, CA-based Adventist Health System.
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Study: Growth slows in health care spending; OIG seeks proposals for safe-harbor provisions; AHA survey shows hospital use rising; CMS publishes quality survey tool
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Health Privacy Project executive director Janlori Goldman said that while many glitches and misinterpretations of the HIPAA privacy regulation have been resolved, others remain and should be addressed by the Department of Health and Human Services or Congress.
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In testimony late last year before the Department of Health and Human Services National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality, Health Privacy Project executive director Janlori Goldman submitted 13 common myths that persist about the HIPAA privacy regulation and the facts that respond to those myths.
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Rhode Islands Seacrest DocSecurity surveyed more than 500 physicians nationwide late in 2003, questioning them on requirements that insurance companies ask for before underwriting physicians and hospitals for insurance, and concluded that while physicians generally believe they are HIPAA-compliant, in fact they have only met a portion of the HIPAA requirements, leaving them vulnerable to lawsuits.
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Like most cardiac surgeons, William Fiser, MD, of Little Rock, AR, occasionally cut or nicked his hand during delicate procedures. He did not use blunt suture needles or double gloves. He did not routinely order blood tests on himself or his patients after blood exposures.
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Youve brought in safer needle devices and reduced your needlesticks. Do you declare success? What more should you do?
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When the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently became the target of intense public criticism and scrutiny over potential conflicts of interest (COI) among NIH directors and staff and clinical trials, it became apparent to the research world that this is an issue that could be a problem for any institution. The best prevention strategy is to be proactive by having policies, procedures, and possibly a special committee that reviews COIs, experts say.
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When you tackle problems such as avoidable days and denials management, keep the lines of communication open with all departments in your hospital, back up your findings with data, and make sure you provide training to break the cycle, advises Jim Martin, revenue cycle management consultant with VHA Inc., an Irving, TX-based health care cooperative.
