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If payer claims data creates a more robust picture of the cost and quality of care provided, then more data is better. But until recently, organizations that want to make use of data were doing without anything much from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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Continuing to emphasize the importance of discharge planning and preventing unnecessary readmissions, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a revised set of Discharge Planning Interpretive Guidelines that surveyors will use to assess a hospital's compliance with Medicare's Conditions of Participation.
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If a patient finds out her doctor prescribed a medication manufactured by a drug company he happens to have a lucrative consulting contract with, will she view this as an indication that he's prominent in his field or that he has "sold out" to the industry?
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The use of bipolar disorder diagnoses for children whose primary symptoms were manifested by irritability, rather than the traditional cyclical mood symptoms of adult bipolar disorder, has been a major concern in child psychiatry in recent years, says Paul S. Appelbaum, MD, Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, and Law and director of the Division of Law, Ethics, and Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York City.
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Some hospitals are now being required to inform living donors of the risks they face, fully evaluate their medical and psychological suitability, and track their health for years after donation.
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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will put more emphasis on both comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, and this raises important ethical considerations, according to Gary E. Jones, PhD, JD, professor in the Philosophy Department at University of San Diego (CA).
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These are additional findings from to first Health Care Workers Compensation Barometer report from Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon, based in Chicago:
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News: This case involves a 69-year-old male who underwent a colonoscopy with lesion removal at the hospital.
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You can expect fewer workers compensation claims this year, but the ones you do see are likely to be more severe, according to the first Health Care Workers Compensation Barometer report from Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of healthcare consultant Aon, based in Chicago.