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American Hospital Association Calls for Reducing Regulatory Burden on Hospitals
The American Hospital Association calls on Congress to reduce the regulatory burden on hospitals and health systems, calling the burden “substantial and unsustainable.”
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Nurses Suspended for Viewing Patient’s Genitals
Denver Health Medical Center suspended five nurses for three weeks after confirming they intentionally viewed a patient’s genitals without cause, including opening his body bag to view the deceased man’s body parts.
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Copy-and-Paste Brings Compliance Risks
Physicians can create compliance risks by overusing copy-and-paste in electronic medical records. The records can result in upcoding and the loss of reimbursement.
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Hospital Loses Tax-exempt Status Over 501(r)
The IRS has revoked the tax-exempt status of a hospital for noncompliance with section 501(r) of the Internal Revenue Code, following the lead of state tax courts that have been increasingly harsh when scrutinizing tax-exempt hospitals.
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Family Sues Nurse and Hospital After Newborn Death
An Oregon woman is suing Portland Adventist Medical Center and an individual nurse after her four-day-old son died. Monica Thompson is seeking $3.5 million from the nurse and $5.1 million from the hospital.
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Smothered Newborn Shows Patient Safety, Liability Risks
A tragic newborn death illustrates the patient safety risks posed by simply leaving an infant to sleep in the arms of its mother, risks that are increasing with the emphasis on more physical contact between the mother and child.
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Study: Readmissions More Common After Observation Stays
Patients often are readmitted to the hospital after an observation stay, according to recent research which suggests hospitals may want to target this population.
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Program Offers Psychological First Aid, Support to HCWs Following Traumatic Events
When an adverse outcome occurs, support rightfully flows to the affected patients and families. However, the clinicians involved with such cases often suffer, too, and the resulting stress and anguish can lead to decreased productivity, time away from work, depression, and other serious mental health effects.
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Expert: Health Systems Should Emphasize Value-based Care Management
Since health insurers first developed case management programs in the 1980s, the marketplace for case management has evolved and changed across the continuum of care, with one possible exception: hospital settings.
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Recent CMS Payment Model Cancellations Could Affect Case Management
Case management programs could see some effects from the recent canceling of advanced care coordination through episode payment by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.