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By: Dom Nicastro, for HealthLeaders Media, July 28, 2009
Saturday marks the enforcement date of the Federal Trade Commission's Red Flags Rule—barring another delay, of course. That means starting Saturday, the FTC can officially audit your facility if you haven't complied with the Red Flags Rule.
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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, July 28, 2009
Adults who are dually eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare coverage are among the most chronically ill and costly patients. Most of these eight million "duals" frequently are receiving fragmented, uncoordinated, and ultimately high-cost care, according to a new report.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, July 28, 2009
One in four of the 3,465 emergency nurses surveyed say they've been assaulted more than 20 times in the past three years, and one in five nurses have been verbally abused more than 200 times during the same period.
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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, July 29, 2009
More patients who sought medical care at a declining number of California emergency rooms are a lot sicker, and slightly more of them required admission in 2007 than they did five years earlier, according to an analysis of facility discharge data from 10 of the state's largest counties.
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By: Keri Mucci, for HealthLeaders Media, July 29, 2009
Peer Assistance Services, a Colorado nonprofit organization that provides guidance, support, and rehabilitation services for healthcare professionals, has seen an increase in nursing clients this year—a majority of whom needed help for alcohol and drug abuse. But, the growing number of nurses seeking treatment for substance abuse doesn't necessarily reflect a growing problem, according to Rebecca Heck, BSN, RN, MPH, program director of the Nursing Peer Health Assistance program at Peer Assistance Services in Denver.
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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, July 29, 2009
There's no doubt about it: obesity—especially for children—has become a critical and costly problem in the United States, said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's first conference on the "Weight of the Nation" in Washington Tuesday. And it's a problem that needs to be part of the healthcare reform debate, she noted.
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By: Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, July 28, 2009
Having an initial set of standards and "meaningful use" definitions to work from is a good first step, but there is still a long way to go before the health industry reaches "meaningful interoperability."
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By: Rick Johnson, for HealthLeaders Media, July 28, 2009
Employers and insurers should plan on exploring every possibility, rather than planning on the government to bend the cost curve.
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