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Final Stark rule still leaves uncertainty
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued the final rule on the Stark law regarding kickbacks. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services clarified some points, but left questions unanswered.
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Do EMRs take so much time that they threaten patient safety?
Electronic medical records can be polarizing: Some people love them, some people hate them.
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Disclosing medical errors to children is usually the right move
The medical community has embraced the concept of disclosing medical errors to patients promptly and honestly, but there is still some question about how to handle pediatric patients. Should you tell a child that you made a mistake? If so, how?
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Standard of care and reimbursement questioned with 3D printing
Soon there also can be a risk for hospitals that don’t use 3D printing, says Lisa Baird, JD, an attorney with the law firm of Reed Smith in Los Angeles. As the technology becomes more widespread, it could become the standard of care in some circumstances to create your own model or tool, she notes.
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Printing 3D Medical Devices Have Liability Angles
Hospitals are adopting 3D printing for a variety of uses without fully exploring the new dimensions of risk.
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Hospital is held liable for nearly $2.8 million for misplaced tracheostomy
News: A 49-year-old woman was brought to the hospital after a car crash. She was unconscious and had internal bleeding with a lacerated liver. The hospital staff performed an endotracheal intubation and then successfully operated on the woman’s liver.
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Hospital loses $21.5 million claim against veteran suffering from locked-in syndrome
News: In October 2010, a Navy veteran went to a veterans hospital complaining of a headache and loss of peripheral vision.
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NIST guide aims to make EHRs safer
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a new guide that addresses a common concern with electronic health records: If they’re not user- friendly, the potential benefits might never be recognized, and they could even threaten patient safety.
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Adventist to pay $115M to settle fraud claims
Adventist Health System, based in Altamonte Springs, FL, has agreed to pay the United States $115 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by maintaining improper compensation arrangements with referring physicians and by miscoding claims, the Justice Department announced recently.
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Hospital cited for exposing staff to patient violence
Federal officials recently cited Bergen Regional Medical Center in Paramus, NJ, for failing to protect employees from violent patients.