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In a report requested by Senate Finance Committee chairman Chuck Grassley, R-IA, the Government Accountability Office says 34 states as of 2004 used contingency-fee consultants to implement projects ...
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As the demand for services through federal health centers increases and Medicaid and other funding decreases, centers' ability to provide the same level of services or even remain open is threatened, ...
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The Georgia Department of Community Health's Program Integrity Unit has increased its financial recoveries in fraud, waste, abuse, and overpayment cases from $2 million to $22 million a year ...
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Enrollment in an SCHIP program can improve access to health care services, continuity of care, and quality of care for all racial and ethnic groups.
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HHS has approved an innovative Medicaid reform program allowing Floridians to choose health care plans that best suit their needs, ...
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The Government Accountability Office says that as many as 7% of emergency departments nationally have "leave without being seen" rates higher than 5%, with some EDs reporting rates as high as 15%.
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Health care organizations used to mention "re-engineering" expertise as they sought individuals to fill upper-level management positions, but now the operative word is "innovation," says Dee Hartung, vice president in the executive search division of St. Louis-based Cejka Search.
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The sixth in a planned series of seven HIPAA security rule educational papers deals with risk analysis and risk management. The rule's security management process standard has four required implementation specifications, including risk analysis and risk management.
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A Computerworld survey of information technology managers and analysts found that five months after HIPAA's data security rules took effect, many health care companies still are not fully compliant with them. Those interviewed said technology, process, and budgetary issues delayed compliance efforts, along with what was seen as a weak enforcement component that has led many health care organizations to believe they could take a wait-and-see attitude toward the rules.
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A computerized "patient tracker" developed in-house at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock is being put to particularly effective use at the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy (MIRT), where patients move back and forth among different treatment areas during extended stays.
