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News reports in recent months tell of computers with data on Medicare and Medicaid patients being stolen from a health system's regional office and a former hospital worker charged with fraud and identity theft for accessing and selling patient files.
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Almost all hospitals support the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in moving forward with a pay-for-performance program over the next few years.
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Good physician-patient communication does much more than eliminate the need for repeated visits. Effective communication has been demonstrated to result in better outcomes, greater patient satisfaction, and decreased likelihood of lawsuits.
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A patient's race, age, and medical condition may affect whether or not they receive pain medications in the emergency department (ED), according to a study of adults who presented to an emergency department with musculoskeletal pain.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved a pass-through payment that provides additional device payments for the X STOP procedure when the device is implanted in a hospital outpatient setting.
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Under newly published Medicare requirements, hospitals now may complete a history & physical (H&P) within 30 days of outpatient surgery, and it must be added to the record within 24 hours of admission.
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Ask a science fiction fan about the operating room of the future and you might hear about surgeons transporting from OR to OR, images and lab reports that magically appear, or lights and equipment that operate according to the surgeon's thoughts.
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The year 1976 was a leap year that saw Rocky win the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for best picture, the first flight of the Concorde, the formation of Apple Computer Co., and the first issue of Same-Day Surgery.
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As ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) face the stark reality that their upcoming payment system will provide less money for many specialties, managers are looking at their expenses to determine where they can cut costs. The Ambulatory Surgery Center of Spartanburg (SC) has taken steps that have resulted in a 10% reduction in total supply costs.
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