Happy Memorial Day Weekend: VA Happenings in Healthcare
In honor of Memorial Day and our living vets, we are taking a look at some of the good that is happening as it pertains to innovations, technology and healthcare.
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Happy Memorial Day Weekend: VA Happenings in Healthcare
In honor of Memorial Day and our living vets, we are taking a look at some of the good that is happening as it pertains to innovations, technology and healthcare.
CMS Gives States Until 2022 To Meet Medicaid Standards Of Care
By Phil Galewitz – The Trump administration has given states three extra years to carry out plans for helping elderly and disabled people receive Medicaid services without being forced to go into nursing homes.
Mental Health Coding Tips to Avoid Payer Scrutiny
By Lisa Eramo – These days, all medical specialties are vulnerable to payer audits and denials. However, providers who offer mental health services are particularly at risk because insurers have begun to focus not only on coding accuracy but also on the frequency and duration of services rendered.
Bill Introduced to Improve Access to Physician-owned Hospitals
Physician Hospitals of America (PHA) applauds Senator James Lankford (R-OK) for introducing important legislation that will improve patient access to physician-led hospitals.
Five Ways Effective Use of Alerts Helps Improve Patient Safety
By Jennifer Knapp – A hospital’s team of respiratory therapists had trouble keeping up with STAT orders. Sometimes the orders were buried within patient records in the EHR. Often the therapists couldn’t access the EHR for hours while engaged with a patient or on a transport.
Non-Medicare Payer Contracts and High Deductible Health Plans: 5 Things to Consider
By Paul Fox – Many non-Medicare provider contracts have unwritten ramifications of which you should be aware. In today’s world of High Deductible Health Plans (HDHP) what you are really negotiating is your future self-pay liability until your patient’s deductible has been satisfied.
Telemedicine News & Updates 5-22-2017
The latest in telehealth and telemedicine news includes swyMed, Bassett Healthcare Network, U.S. HealthWorks, SnapMD, Salus Telehealth, Inc., KPMG LLP, California Telehealth Network, OCHIN.
New Toolkit Extends Proven Safety Measures to Ambulatory Surgery Centers
By Jeffrey Brady MD – Each year, about 23 million surgical procedures are performed in ambulatory surgery centers, or ASCs. It’s easy to understand why. For instance, procedures such as cataract surgery, tonsillectomy, knee repair, or endoscopic procedures are less intensive than major surgeries and don’t require a hospital stay.