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Clinical Care
OCR Settles 17th Case in HIPAA Right-of-Access InitiativeIn the most recent settlement, Arbour Hospital, a behavioral health facility in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, agreed to pay $65,000 and...
Clinical Care
Review Patient Falls, Especially Those Involving Infants, as Surveys ResumeThe commission has been pushing hospitals to focus on maternal health and infant safety for years, and most recently implemented...
Clinical Care
'Painless' Glucose Monitors Pushed Despite Little Evidence They Help Most Diabetes PatientsNearly 2 million people with diabetes wear the monitors today, twice the number in 2019.
Clinical Care
TJC to Begin Unannounced Survey Visits AgainTJC says it is also working with CMS to prioritize hospitals and other healthcare organizations that have accreditation dates past...
Revenue Cycle
Rev Cycle Innovation Roundup: OODA Adds Provider Advisors, Expanded PartnershipsThree top players have made recent announcements about their expanded work.
Clinical Care
Healthgrades Names 2021 'America's Best Hospitals'Healthgrades analyzed the performance of nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide across 32 conditions and procedures.
Technology
Inadvertent Disclosure via EmailThe way to prevent such occurrences is to ask providers and associated healthcare professionals to verify the email address if...
Clinical Care
Transitioning Patients to Postacute FacilitiesThe challenge will be to find beds, keep patients moving through the system efficiently, and keep hospital staff members from...
Finance
Retiree Living the RV Dream Fights $12,387 Nightmare Lab FeeLorraine Rogge says she was surprised to receive such a high bill for lab work. "I thought there was some...
Clinical Care
Q&A: Guiding End-of-life DecisionsEllen Fink-Samnick, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CRP, of EFS Supervision Strategies LLC in Burke, Virginia shares four strategies.
Clinical Care
Access to PHI in Research StudyIndividuals may still access PHI not associated with the research study.
Revenue Cycle
The Bills at the Bottom of Consumers' Priority List? Medical BillsThirty-seven percent of people end up paying medical bills with credit cards, and of those, three-quarters finance their medical bills...