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Obama aministration shelves doctor ’mystery shoppers’ plan
The Obama administration said Tuesday that it had shelved plans for a survey in which "mystery shoppers" posing as...
Top Democrats reject new plan to cut Medicare spending
Leading Congressional Democrats immediately recoiled Tuesday from a new proposal to cut $600 billion in Medicare...
AAMI: Meaningful use rewards early interoperability adopters
Evaluating hospital networks, data, drivers and device types should be completed before embarking on an...
The time is now for ACOs, former CMS administrator says
With the prohibitive and rising cost of healthcare, there has never been a greater need for accountable care...
Stage 2 meaningful use to show ’deference’ to panel proposals
The rule that details the requirements for stage 2 of meaningful use will "look a lot like" the measures that the...
In CO, a tale of two hospitals
Aspen Valley Hospital will give its employees an average pay increase of 2.4% this month, while the Vail Valley...
Health data losses: Don’t blame hackers
While patients and doctors often worry about medical records being hacked by cybercriminals and Internet snoops, the...
State HIEs wrangle with thorny ’patient consent’ issue
Oregon and Illinois are two states that will launch their initial health information exchange core services in early...
Medicare fraud nets 20-year prison sentence for Miami physician
A Miami-Dade doctor convicted of pocketing more than $1 million for writing phony prescriptions for unnecessary HIV...
’Mystery shoppers’ to monitor access to docs
Alarmed by a shortage of primary care doctors, Obama administration officials are recruiting a team of "mystery...

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Book: Root Cause Analysis Basics
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Book: The Compliance Guide to the Joint Commission Medical Staff Standards
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Video: Breaking the ADL Code: A Team Approach to MDS 3.0 Documentation
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Book: CMS Hospital Conditions of Participation and Interpretive Guidelines
Navigating the CMS Web site to find accurate Medicare and Medicaid hospital regulations is a difficult and confusing...
Webcast: 2011 Joint Commission and CMS Changes and Challenges
This 90-minute webcast will walk you through new Joint Commission standards recently presented during the annual...
Audio Conference: Leverage the Value of your EHR
This 90-minute audio conference helps your organization leverage additional value from your EHR to not only meet your...
Report: SNFs beware: OIG taking a closer look at high RUG levels
Audio Conference: Reduce Transition-Induced Readmissions Through Improved Transition Management
CMS will begin collecting data that will determine if a hospital will incur financial penalties for excess readmissions...
Book: The CMS Joint Commission Crosswalk, 2012 Edition
Don’t settle for vague regulations when you can get a reliable Crosswalk that includes expert analysis and practical...