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Employees at Childrens Hospital in Birmingham, AL, enjoy quick e-mail quizzes that test their knowledge of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act requirements and give them a chance to win stuffed hippos.
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In employee health, safety culture is the Holy Grail. If you have a strong one, employees are more likely to comply with rules and use equipment designed to protect them and their patients. But what is a safety culture? How do you get one?
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Passport Health Plan of Louisville, a Medicaid-only plan in Kentucky created to save money, improve quality indicators, and satisfy its members, is succeeding primarily, its president says, because it was created by doctors and keeps doctors in charge.
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Four members of Congress are attempting to help families whose only option for obtaining mental health help for a seriously ill child is to relinquish custody to the state.
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While increasing dentist participation in Medicaid can help increase the likelihood of children receiving restorative and preventive dental care, more changes are needed to increase the programs effectiveness, according to a study of the Alabama and Georgia Medicaid programs.
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A new report from the United Hospital Fund stated that one-third of New York Citys non-profit general care hospitals face financial problems serious enough to jeopardize their continuing viability.
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New reporting options from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations are a good step forward in the effort to prevent the disclosure of sensitive information through the accreditation process, says an attorney who is responding to the concerns of risk managers. But, she cautions, the two options may not work unless state laws already provide significant protection for such privileged information.
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CONCORD, NHElderly and disabled people who need care at home to stay out of nursing homes can breathe a bit easier. The Medicaid waiting list proposed to take effect Oct. 6 has been put on hold.
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