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Due to the short half-life and rapid onset of action of the new oral anticoagulants (NOACs), peri-procedural anticoagulant free time intervals should be shorter than with warfarin. Thus, there is uncertainty about the use of heparin bridging. These investigators from Germany analyzed the Dresden NOAC registry data to assess peri-procedural NOAC management and safety until 30 days post-procedure.
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Even if patient access employees follow all the necessary steps to obtain an authorization for a procedure, the payer might still want to talk to another person before granting the authorization: the patient’s physician.
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Most data breaches are fully preventable, and Beazley Breach Response (BBR) Services, an Atlanta company providing breach response insurance, offers these five ways to avoid them:
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Goals in patient access areas at Cincinnati (OH) Children’s Hospital Medical Center have three areas of focus: the patient’s and family’s satisfaction, finances, and compliance, says Michelle Gray, MHA, director of registration services.
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At Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare in Glendale, WI, patient access managers use productivity data, accuracy, and cash collection goals as key metrics to ensure they’re staffing patient access areas appropriately.
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At Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, patient access leaders developed training programs to allow front-line staff to have knowledge of all patient access areas.
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At Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare in Glendale, WI, pre-registration staff members are cross-trained in the main registration area, the emergency department, and front desk walk-in registration, says Kim Gehl, manager of patient access in central scheduling and central precertification.
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If goals are unrealistic, unclear, or outdated, patient access employees quickly will become unhappy, warns Craig Pergrem, senior director of revenue cycle, pre-service, and onsite access at Novant Health in Winston-Salem, NC.
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Business associate agreements are one of the tricky parts of complying with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
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Any healthcare organization with a presence in Florida will be affected by the Florida Information Protection Act of 2014 (FIPA), which expands the requirements on covered entities that acquire, maintain, store, or use personal information of Floridians.
