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By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, November 17, 2011
Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital has resolved several serious deficiencies identified in a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services survey. However, deficiencies remain in the broad category of physical environment, and Grady must develop a corrective action plan to address them.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, November 17, 2011
"At a time when we are working to get the best value possible for our health care dollar, this massive and expensive undertaking will add administrative expense and create unnecessary workflow disruptions," says AMA President Peter W. Carmel, MD, about the mandatory switch to ICD-10.
By: James Carroll for HealthLeaders Media, November 17, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced that it will launch demonstration projects in 2012 targeting some of the most common factors that lead to erroneous payments to providers.
By: November 10, 2011
"[Healthcare leaders] may not totally appreciate the enormity of this task, and that might be something that comes back to bite them in the end. This seems like an infrastructure task, so it may be that people aren’t worried, but there’s more to it."
—Michelle Mahan, Vice President and CFO, Frederick Memorial Regional Health System, Frederick, MD
By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, November 16, 2011
While not exactly greeting reform with open arms, the healthcare industry sees value in redesigning the delivery system to include Affordable Care Act fundamentals such as integrated and coordinated care. Sustainable health communities offer an alternative route to the triple aim of better health, better care, and lower cost.
By: Marianne Aiello, for HealthLeaders Media, November 16, 2011
YouTube and other social media can be powerful marketing tools. But hospital marketers must follow a few critical rules in order for YouTube, along with Facebook and Twitter, to enhance their efforts.
By: Alexandra Wilson Pecci, for HealthLeaders Media, November 16, 2011
State offices of rural health, rural hospitals, and other rural health organizations across the country finally get a chance to highlight and share their achievements.
By: November 7, 2011
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