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By: Joe Cantlupe, for HealthLeaders Media, March 3, 2010
The Senate overwhelmingly voted Tuesday night to delay for 30 days a 21.2% pay cut in Medicare reimbursement for physicians. The tally came after Sen. Jim Bunning, R-KY, agreed to a vote after blocking the measure since last week. By agreeing to the physician pay cut delay, the Senate finally joined the House, which approved its 30-day delay legislation last week. By a 78-19 vote, the Senate approved the measure.
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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, March 3, 2010
Less than a week after the congressional bipartisan healthcare summit, President Obama will likely indicate in a White House speech this afternoon that he wants Congress to move quickly to pass healthcare reform legislation as early as late March before the Easter recess. The legislation will now include several new provisions proposed by the GOP.
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By: Andrea Kraynak, for HealthLeaders Media, March 2, 2010
HHS has announced the release of the proposed rule for establishing certification programs for health information technology. The proposed rule describes the creation of a certification program for EHRs, as mandated by the HITECH Act.
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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, March 3, 2010
Nonprofit healthcare organizations are demonstrating more financial stability in 2010 than they did in 2009, said Martin Arrick, managing director for U.S. not-for-profit healthcare for Standard & Poors Rating Services. "Right now, there's a little bit of an island of calm," he said. "We're beginning to see a lot of providers come in with numbers that are definitely better than last year and [they] show real foresight in trying to manage their cash flow."
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By: Scott Wallask, for HealthLeaders Media, March 2, 2010
When it comes to workplace violence in hospitals, emergency departments act as a potential powder keg. Annual reviews of security plans and incidents offer hospitals an opportunity to improve the safety of ED workers. Here are four suggestions to prevent ED violence.
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By: Heather Comak, for HealthLeaders Media, March 3, 2010
When Barbara Wilson, PhD, RNC, begins any new patient safety project, she first examines the principles of human factors engineering. Wilson, assistant professor at Arizona State University's College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Center for Improving Health Outcomes in Children, Teens, & Families, says that to ensure her staff members' success, it's imperative to examine how current processes may fail.
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By: James Carroll, March 2, 2010
While RACs are not responsible for reviewing claims for potential fraud, they are responsible for referring to CMS any potentially fraudulent instances found during those reviews. At the time of the demonstration project, CMS provided RACs with a number of conferences, but no formal training was provided. This shows that anticipation of potential problem areas is essential for providers.
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By: Dom Nicastro, for HealthLeaders Media, March 2, 2010
An OCR lawyer tells HealthLeaders Media the HIPAA privacy and security enforcer will release a proposed rule regarding business associate provisions in HITECH "shortly." Adam H. Greene, Office of the General Counsel for OCR, said OCR's rulemaking will elaborate on the expected date of compliance surrounding the rule.
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By: Gienna Shaw, for HealthLeaders Media, March 2, 2010
Will privacy concerns stand in the way of electronic health record systems that can talk to each other across hospitals and other healthcare organizations?
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By: Rebecca Hendren, for HealthLeaders Media, March 2, 2010
A new study suggests we focus too intently on the warm-and-fuzzy of recognition and reward instead of a bigger nurse value: progress.
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By: March 2, 2010
At the annual HIMSS conference in Atlanta, Brian A. Yeaman, MD, chief medical informatics officer at Norman (OK) Regional Health System, discusses combining evidence-based medicine and decision support in EMRs.
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