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Five new mid-year codes representing surgical services were added to the list of ambulatory surgery center (ASC) payable procedures, effective July 1, 2012, according to the ASC Association
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Drug shortages and lean economic times might tempt some to scavenge the remnants of doses left in a "single-dose" vial.
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On the surface, evacuating a facility might seem like a simple and straightforward process, but have you ever thought through exactly how you would evacuate patients, some of whom might be in surgery, as well as staff and families? Although such a scenario might seem far-fetched, consider these three recent examples:
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A study by the University of Michigan (U-M) Health System in Ann Arbor showed 1 in 84 highest-risk patients suffers a dangerous blood clot after surgery.
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A memo to the Centers from Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from two leading surgeons on the literal cutting edge of infection prevention in the OR: Hospitals and federal regulators should encourage the use of newer and safer types of surgery and more transparency with patients on procedure options and possible outcomes.
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About 73% of employers conduct criminal background checks on all job candidates, according to a 2010 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management, and another 19% of employers do so only for selected job candidates. They can be particularly important in healthcare when a job applicant must be trusted with vulnerable patients and data, but experts caution that background checks have limitations.
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Cyber attacks. Data thefts. System breaches. They're all on the rise, and healthcare is the no. 1 field at risk, according to a just-released Internet Security Threat Report 2011 Trends from Symantec Corp.1 Consider these recent examples from the outpatient surgery field: