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The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a checklist to help health care providers who do business electronically and their business partners to comply with the administrative simplification requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
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Medical Banking Project founder John Casillas says one of the changes in the final Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) security rule eliminated any requirement to encrypt electronically transmitted protected health information, even over the Internet or other open networks.
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One out of three seniors who breaks a hip this year will die as a result of complications from the fracture, but simple fitness measures can greatly reduce a seniors risk of falling, say University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (UA) researchers.
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The upcoming switch to unannounced surveys by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations will require a dramatic change in how you prepare for the visit, experts say.
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Responding to the potential for new terrorist attacks in the United States, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has issued a report warning of a brewing cataclysm of underfunding, inexperience, and unpreparedness of emergency response capabilities across America.
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Careful yearly planning always has been the key to effective survey preparation, and much of what you should do is independent of how soon you will be surveyed. The move to unannounced surveys will make it even more important to plan compliance activities throughout the calendar year.
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In a move that may become more common in the near future, a hospital in Salisbury, NC, is issuing its own quality report cards to show its community how well it fares in meeting national standards for patient care.
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Combined results from three studies conducted in 33 Michigan hospitals show its possible to improve the care provided to heart attack patients after admission by reminding physicians, nurses, and patients about proven therapies.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations recent expansion of the sentinel event policy to include nosocomial infections could represent a change in what infection control practitioners view as their traditional role.
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Sheila Brune, CMC director of Utilization Management/Living History Program at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, IA, says the quality of direct patient care is the most important predictor of patient satisfaction.
