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It's been 20 years since Springfield, MO, Medical Centers Hospice Program became the first U.S. prison hospice program, and now there are more than 70 hospice programs within state and federal prisons.
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Patients' right to freedom of choice of providers has been a source of continuing conflict, especially between hospitals and post-acute providers not owned by or affiliated with hospitals -- so-called freestanding providers.
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Designating a staff member as the "coding expert" for your agency is one way to ensure accurate reimbursement; but the person does not have to be a certified coder to help your agency understand the myriad codes and guidelines.
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Opioid use for patients with advanced illness has been the focus of controversy and misconceptions, even among health care practitioners, an expert notes.
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A few weeks ago a technical representative of one of the leading ICU ventilator manufacturers gave an "in-service" presentation to the leaders of the respiratory care department at my institution.
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In an attempt to clarify criteria for diagnosing adrenal insufficiency in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock, this group of French investigators serially performed both the cosyntropin stimulation test and the metyrapone stimulation test in 2 cohorts of such patients, and compared the findings with those from concurrent ICU patients without sepsis as well as a group of healthy volunteers.
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Herbal Supplements to Treat Vasomotor Symptoms; Bisphosphonates to Treat LBD, After 5 Years?; FDA Actions
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Mechanical ventilation has been evolving ever since the introduction and large scale use of iron lungs. Advances in the fields of medicine and technology have resulted in nearly an alphabet soup of modes of mechanical ventilation.