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Hospital fined, live liver transplants banned
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Physician surveys could be used in malpractice cases
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Creative solution allows trauma center to reopen
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Group visits are good for diabetes control
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Health care leaders share discharge delay reasons
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Staff, training improvement part of access makeover
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Read between EMTALA lines for ‘ominous’ message
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Proposed changes to EMTALA rule still lack clear direction, expert says
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GAO report is out — but with ASC system proposed, does it matter?
It was mostly good news in a long-awaited report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) analyzing costs at ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs).1 -
HIPAA Regulatory Alert: Few privacy complaints are investigated further
The Department of Health and Human Services found that less than 25% of the total medical privacy complaints lodged with the agency merited further federal investigation of the health care organizations involved, according to an analysis of HHS' Office of Civil Rights (OCR) statistics by Melamedia LLC President Dennis Melamed.