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By: Andrea Kraynak, CPC, for HealthLeaders Media, July 1, 2011
After 10 years, the requirements for signatures on lab requisitions are still in flux. CMS is now proposing to rescind the requirement for signatures on all lab requisitions that it previously finalized in the 2011 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule last November.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, July 1, 2011
Labor demand has slowed and June online job postings for healthcare practitioners, technical workers, and healthcare support staff are no exception.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, July 1, 2011
The so-called "Red-Tape" rule requiring health plans and certain healthcare providers to follow rules for electronic transactions is designed to eliminate manual processes. It will save an estimated $12 billion over ten years, the Department of Health and Human Services estimates.
By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, July 1, 2011
Multiple operational issues and the financial risks associated with accountable care organizations have medical practice managers concerned, a Medical Group Management Association survey shows.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, June 24, 2011
The rules for residency training set to take effect on July 1 "stop considerably short" of patient safety best practices and "amount to an abuse of patient trust," says the co-author of a report.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, June 30, 2011
In an effort to raise hand washing compliance levels among healthcare workers and lower rates of hospital-acquired infections, APIC sponsors a video competition and picks a winner.
By: Joe Cantlupe, for HealthLeaders Media, June 30, 2011
Physicians don't discuss the problem of prescription drug abuse with their patients either often enough or well enough. Now the National Institute of Drug Abuse is tapping into a legendary piece of American theater to drive home a message about prescription drug addiction and intervention.
By: June 14, 2011
Date: July 20, 2011
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