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In the fifth annual Knee Arthroscopy with Meniscectomy study performed by the Wilmette, IL-based Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Cares (AAAHC) Institute for Quality Improvement (IQI), all organizations indicated they had standing procedures to prevent wrong-site surgery, and in 60% of the cases, the physician and patient initialed the surgery site.
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If you have ever been to a yard sale, bought something on eBay, or have children, you can negotiate your own managed care contracts. Unless you paid full price for the exercise equipment, didnt actually bid on the eBay product, or let your kids run your home, you are qualified.
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Officials at two small hospitals in New Jersey confirm that impostors tried to gain access to their facility in scenarios that match the accounts heard from other hospitals across the country.
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A special bulletin has been disseminated only to law enforcement agencies and select health care providers in which the authorities warn about the danger of people impersonating various officials to gain access to hospitals. The bulletin notes, Counterterrorism analysts remain concerned that terrorist organizations may attempt to target U.S. medical infrastructure in order to cause immediate casualties and disrupt health care and emergency medical services.
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Instead of deleting 100 procedures from the list of procedures approved by Medicare for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will delete only five procedures for which it received no comments, based on an interim final rule that has been published.
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The Pennsylvania Department of Health has decided to allow ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) to resume some laparoscopic surgery as long as they seek state approval.
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Medicare would save $1.5 billion in 2005 if cases submitted on hospital outpatient department (HOPD) claims were instead submitted on ambulatory surgery center (ASC) claims, according to a new study conducted for the Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association (FASA) by The Moran Company in Arlington, VA.
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We have had numerous requests for a column about interacting with the governing body (for ambulatory surgery centers) and board of directors (for the hospital folks). Regardless of what side of the street you live on, the issues are the same. In this column, we will refer to them both as the board. (How ominous!)
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Managers familiar with a chemical spill last year at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, WA, and incidents at other outpatient surgery programs say you can learn from others experiences and be better prepared for a chemical spill at your facility.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has published an interim final rule that will allow hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) to use alcohol-based hand-rub dispensers under specific conditions. Previously, officials had expressed concerns that the hand rubs could accelerate a fire.
