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No viral load means no HCV restrictions
Everything seemed in order for the certified surgical first assistant to start a new job. He filled out the human resources paperwork and went through the routine screening in employee health. He was healthy and had been working as a contractor at the hospital for 15 years, so he didn’t expect any stumbling blocks.
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HCV Can be Cured — But it’s Better to Prevent It
A new hepatitis C drug offers a complete cure in as little as eight weeks – but at $1,125 a pop, the price tag is harder to swallow than the pill.
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CMS sets the table for regulation requiring antibiotic stewardship programs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services does not currently have regulations in place to require antibiotic stewardship programs in hospitals, but the fact that it expanded that section in the final version of its infection control survey suggests that is only a temporary situation.
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CMS issues infection control survey
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized its long anticipated infection control survey for hospitals, telling its inspectors the requirements are “effective immediately” and can be used to issue citations in unannounced inspections.
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Hospital’s transition program coordinates care throughout the continuum
The Transitions Home program at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital has reduced the all-cause readmission rate for the 532-bed Cedar Rapids, IA, hospital from 11.4% to an average of 10%.
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Worksheet is a guide to discharge planning CoPs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the final worksheets for state and federal surveyors to use when they assess hospitals’ compliance with the Medicare Conditions of Participation for quality assessment and performance improvement, infection control, and discharge planning.
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Taking the lead in ensuring that pathways are followed
Case managers are the logical leaders in their hospital’s effort to follow clinical pathways, says Larry Burnett, RN, MS, managing director for Huron Healthcare, a healthcare consulting firm with headquarters in Chicago.
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Developing Pathways is a Team Effort
The first step in creating clinical pathways is to know and understand your data. Identify your opportunities to affect quality and costs.
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Negative consequences abound when nonprofits sue the poorest
Nonprofit hospitals receive a tax-exempt status based on their work to serve the poor by addressing their medical needs. However, the medical billing practices of hospitals recently were called into question by a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau report, according to the National Association of Healthcare Access Management (NAHAM). (To view the report, go to http://1.usa.gov/1umJmpZ.)
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Leaders in patient access department observed more than 100 registrations
When leaders in the Patient Family Experience department at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago learned that patient satisfaction scores were low in registration areas compared with industry benchmarks, they set out to find out why.