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Appeal, appeal, appeal those denials
Hospitals that appeal their denials by the recovery auditors (RAs) recoup their money 75% of the time, according to data provided by the American Hospital Association. But, only 40% of denials are appealed.Don’t think the Recovery Auditors will disappear
Hospitals may eventually receive some relief from the burdens of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Recovery Auditor (RA) program (previously called the Recovery Audit Contractor [RAC]) program but dont think the RAs are going away.Safe lifting becomes standard practice
Safe patient handling should be standard practice, not best practice. That is the message behind new, draft standards issued by the American Nurses Association (ANA).Sentinel event alert on retained surgical objects
Stopping workarounds means changing culture
Telemedicine brings more risk with more use
CNE OBJECTIVES/CNE QUESTIONS
Are we there yet? Quality quest continues
It’s not always what you say that counts
A new estimate of patient harm