Hospital Peer Review – September 1, 2010
September 1, 2010
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CMS to ease burden on credentialing, privileging of telemedicine providers?
Requirements for credentialing and privileging telemedicine providers are up in the air for now, following the May 26 release of a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). -
HBIPS core measure set ready for public display
According to many stakeholders of the hospital-based inpatient psychiatric services (HBIPS) core measure set, it's been a long time coming. -
IPPS 2011 final rule implements PPACA
Probably the most incendiary change in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) rule for 2011 is an ultimate reduction in hospital payments. -
Proposed OPPS revises physician supervision
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) once again has changed the requirements for physician supervision, always an area of contention and confusion, in its proposed 2011 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) rule. -
Q&A with St. Luke's new chief quality officer
Chief medical officer and executive vice president at Golden, CO-based HealthGrades, Samantha Collier, MD, MBA, is changing hats and moving inhouse. -
Patient Satisfaction Planner: Ranking 95th percentile in patient satisfaction
Hamilton Ambulatory Surgery Center in Dalton, GA, has received the Summit Award from Press Ganey Associates for the fourth year in a row. -
Patient Satisfaction Planner: 15-minute policy results in few refunds
Representatives at Emerus Emergency Hospitals, a licensed emergency specialty hospital company based in The Woodlands, TX, have been telling patients at several of its "24-hour EDs" for months now that if they are not seen by a physician within 15 minutes, the hospital will pay for their $1,000 visit. So far, the new policy is working quite well, say Emerus representatives. -
Patient Satisfaction Planner: Make a good first impression: It's critical
Improving patient satisfaction is "a high priority" for the patient access department at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago, according to Michael F. Sciarabba, MPH, CHAM, the hospital's director of patient access services.