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ICD-10 delayed another year

Although many hospitals worked hard to be ready for the implementation of ICD-10 coding to replace the decades-old ICD-9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has delayed final implementation until Oct. 1, 2013.

What do the CMS rules mean to you?

April and May were busy months for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which issued several proposed and final rules that will affect hospitals and other healthcare organizations for years to come.

Gown use for isolation remains a judgment call

The question of gown use when entering patient isolation rooms is a recurrent one, so it is worth noting that this is the current thinking of The Joint Commission on the subject:

Legal Review & Commentary: $178 million verdict awarded to victim of botched gastric bypass procedure

News: In one of the largest verdicts handed down in recent Florida history, a hospital was ordered to pay $178 million in damages for permanently disabling a 38-year-old patient during gastric bypass surgery.

Hotel-like card keys restrict access to high-risk units

Hospitals are taking a closer look at visitor access, especially in units such as obstetrics where visitors should be monitored closely, and one hospital is finding success with a key card similar to those used in hotels.

Court rules against malicious prosecution claim by docs

Bankruptcy not the only risk when going bare

Elective policy aims to cut pre-39 week deliveries

This is a portion of the Elective Delivery Policy use at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville to minimize unnecessary deliveries before 39 weeks gestation: