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The first civil monetary penalty handed down by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has created a buzz throughout the health care industry, and not just because of the eye-popping amount of the fine: $4.3 million.
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The $4.3 million civil monetary penalty imposed on Cignet Health in Temple Hills, MD, could have been avoided by simply responding to the reasonable requests of patients for their own medical records, according to the case laid out by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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A large hospital system in Massachusetts has agreed to pay $1 million in fines and improve its policies and procedures after an employee left patient information on a subway.
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Nearly 35% of all the imaging costs ordered for 2,068 orthopedic patient encounters in Pennsylvania were ordered for defensive purposes, according to study presented recently at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).
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A woman suffering from personal problems and the subsequent unexpected death of her son was involuntarily committed to a behavioral health center by a psychologist allegedly following a telephone conference in which the woman expressed suicidal ideation. The physician failed to document the specifics of the conversation on the records required for an involuntary commitment.
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The Joint Commission can start accrediting psychiatric hospitals, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in late February 2011.
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Increasing data show that variations in care have a negative impact on outcomes and costs some estimates are that almost a third of healthcare dollars are spent in a wasteful manner or go to overuse of the system.
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Most people have trouble planning the next week's dinners or their next vacation, let alone something that is two and a half years away.
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There are literally dozens of studies that enumerate some of the problems that plague patients as a result of imperfect transitions of care.
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On March 14, there was a big celebration at Mercy Memorial Hospital in Monroe, MI, attended by officials from the Michigan Hospital Association.
