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A picture of a 12-lead ECG was obtained from a healthy 32 year old man who had some atypical chest pain. Although there are no ECG findings suggestive of acute ischemia, doctors disagree with the computer interpretation ...
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A couple of well-known slogans give a sense of the overall lesson learned from the National Association of Healthcare Access Management (NAHAM) collaborative on upfront collections,...
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A procedure for obtaining copays and deductibles from unscheduled inpatients during their hospital stay is the latest in a series of successful collections initiatives at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, OK,...
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Future health services managers - including those in access management - must be prepared to deal with evolving integrated health care delivery systems, technological innovations, an increasingly complex regulatory environment, and restructuring of work.
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A woman who fell and was injured in the parking lot of a medical center after arriving for an appointment had no claim against the hospital under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), ...
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The Department of Health and Human Services published the final enforcement rule for all HIPAA Administrative Simplification rules with an effective date of March 16, 2006.
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The latest U.S. Healthcare Industry HIPAA Survey ... indicates participants in the health care system view the HIPAA privacy and security standards as building blocks for web-based communication structures rather than simply a compliance burden.
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The average increase in upfront collections among participating hospitals was about 30% during the 15-month time frame for the collaborative, which began in October 2003 and ended in December 2004.
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Kettering Medical Center Network (KMCN), of Dayton, OH, is expanding its customers' opportunities to do business on-line by offering physicians the ability to access hospital software and schedule outpatient appointments.
