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Take a Proactive Approach to Managing Denials Before They Occur
If hospitals are doing only denials management and not avoiding denials up front, they’re already behind, says Beverly Cunningham, RN, MS, consultant and partner at Oklahoma-based Case Management Concepts.
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Case Managers are Link Between Clinical, Financial Sides
Today’s hospitals have to perform a balancing act between the clinical and financial sides of healthcare, focusing on providing top-quality care while following payers’ ever-changing rules and regulations and maintaining the bottom line.
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CMS Proposes Eliminating Pain Management Questions
Agency says practice negatively affects opioid prescribing habits.
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FDA Actions
In this section: The FDA approves new chronic hepatitis C treatment, greenlights a treatment course for primary biliary cirrhosis, and strengthens warning about the risk of acute kidney injury in several diabetes medications.
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Patients Need More Education on Opioid Storage, Disposal
Recent survey discovers troubling trends.
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Good News for Type 2 Diabetics
The rate of the first occurrence of death from cardiovascular causes, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or nonfatal stroke among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus was lower with liraglutide than with placebo.
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Drug May Slow Renal Disease Progression
In patients with type 2 diabetes at high cardiovascular risk, empagliflozin was associated with slower progression of kidney disease and lower rates of clinically relevant renal events than was placebo when added to standard care.
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Safe, Effective Alternatives to Warfarin
Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants are safe and effective alternatives to warfarin in the routine care setting.
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CDC Advisory Committee Recommends Against Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine
The decision came after a committee reviewed data showing vaccine effectiveness for the live attenuated influenza vaccine of only 3%.
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Cocaine Use and Pyoderma Gangrenosum
In addition to the other obvious concerns about cocaine use, add pyoderma gangrenosum to the list.