A study by Harris Interactive, a market research firm, finds patients see value and benefit in electronic medical records but are still concerned about the privacy of their personal health information, according to a National Partnership for Women & Families…
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The U.S. Department of Labor has sided with an employee from Mayo Clinic who claims the hospital discriminated against him after he made safety complaints related to his duties as a courier, according to a Post-Bulletin report.
Department of Health and Human Services recently announced it will delay the Oct. 1, 2013, compliance date for transitioning to the ICD-10 procedural and diagnostic coding set, according to an HHS news release.
ChartWise Medical Systems, developer of ChartWise:CDI, has announced it will exhibit its computer-assisted clinical documentation improvement software, which includes support for the current ICD-9 and forthcoming ICD-10 coding systems, at the upcoming HIMSS12 Conference in Las Vegas, according to a…
This article provides observations on the type of compliance review needed for physician-owned hospitals.The Stark Act provides specific limitations applicable to physician ownership of a hospital, but physicians may invest in hospitals under an exception to the Act known as…
Three demonstration projects were announced on Nov. 15, 2011 by CMS. The most challenging of these projects for hospitals is the Recovery Audit Contractor Pre-Payment Review. The three-year pilot was supposed to begin Jan.1, 2012, but amid much uncertainty and…
A new study by The Bravewell Collaborative found that the majority of integrative medicine centers report success in treating pain and several other conditions with integrative treatments.The study also found 63 percent of patients seen at integrative medicine centers are…
Access MediQuip, a national provider of surgical implant management solutions, has issued a response to a Government Accountability Office report that identified problems in hospital spending on implantable medical devices.
Emergency department waiting time at LeConte Medical Center in Sevierville, Tenn., is at an all-time low, according to a Mountain Press report.
In 2011, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provided at least one new free preventive service to approximately 54 million people with private health insurance and approximately 32.5 million people with Medicare, according to a news release from the…