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‘Copy-and-paste’ fraud targeted by CMS and OIG
Though useful, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) is warning that copy and paste can lead to fraudulent billing, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is vowing to pursue any providers who abuse the feature. -
Two struggles with brain death: One to keep support, one to let the patient go
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Hospitals struggle to resolve brain-death issue with families
Hospitals in two states recently were in the difficult position of having to disagree with a family about terminating life support for patients declared dead. -
In nursing, does violence 'come with the job'?
Every day, nurses face a barrage of threats, insults and assaults from patients or visitors, yet almost half never report verbal or physical assaults. -
'Road map' gives path for SPH success
You bought lift equipment, trained your staff and added new patient mobility assessments. Yet your injuries continue. What gives? -
Slips, falls likely to rise, older HCWs at greater risk
Older workers are generally safer workers, but there is one risk that rises steadily with age: slips, trips and falls. -
OSHA to hospitals: Do the right thing by making worker safety a priority
While there is no national standard requiring safe patient handling, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is making an all-out appeal to hospitals to do the right thing and to recognize the potential cost-savings. -
OSHA extends comment period on recordkeeping
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Include patients in programs to reduce falls
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Aging RNs ease into retirement