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When a claim isnt paid in a timely manner, your billers need to document communication with the payer and follow up with e-mails, said Ann S. Deters, MBA, CPA, CEO and founder of SevenD & Associates, an Effingham, IL-based consulting and management company affiliated with 17 surgery centers.
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Effective April 1, 2004, hospitals receive special payments for four additional services under updates from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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Does the security rule prohibit transmission of protected health information (PHI) by e-mail? Are health organizations responsible for the protection of unsolicited e-mails sent by patients?
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Wouldnt it be nice not to have to deal with staffing issues? Really, what do people expect of us? We try hard to accommodate everyone, but it seems like often we come up short.
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Same-day surgery managers and infection control experts have long been aware of the risk of latex gloves to patients with latex allergies, but the risks posed by the powder in gloves to all patients now is being addressed by surgery programs.
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County commissioners in Sheridan, WY, are seeking a moratorium on ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) after the hospital and physicians planned competing facilities.
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While the greatest amount of growth in cosmetic procedures was seen in noninvasive techniques such as Botox and microdermabrasion, results of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgerys (AACS) 2003 Procedural Survey show that invasive procedures such as liposuction and breast augmentation continue to grow as well.
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A portable robot may be available later this year that can stand in for a scrub nurse. Penelope (Manufacturer: Robotic Surgical Tech in New York City) can hand instruments to surgeons during basic general surgeries such as hernias. The robot is awaiting approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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A recent Tampa, FL, lawsuit involving a patient who died after robotic surgery to remove a cancerous kidney has raised informed consent issues regarding new technology.
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In this first part of a two-part series on new technology, we discuss the training and informed consent issues regarding new technology.
