-
Barron Bogatto, JD, a partner in the health care and business transactions sections of Jackson Walker, a law firm in Houston, provides this summary of the gainsharing guidelines offered by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
-
preoperative safety briefing in use at Kaiser Permanente hospitals always is held before any incision is made, but other than that direction, Kaiser leaves it up to individual hospitals to determine when to do it.
-
The Doctors Company, a medical malpractice insurer based in Napa, CA, reported recently that premiums for new and renewing policyholders in Texas would drop by an average of 18%, ...
-
A baby boy in extreme pain was taken by his mother to the doctor, who performed several tests on the child. While the mother and her baby were awaiting the test results, the boy's lips turned purple and he began vomiting.
-
The latest U.S. Healthcare Industry HIPAA Survey ... indicates participants in the health care system view the HIPAA privacy and security standards as building blocks for web-based communication structures rather than simply a compliance burden.
-
With only one enforcement criminal conviction recorded since 1996, HIPAA is failing to meet its mandate, according to Info-Tech Research Group.
-
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has raised concerns about electronic claims attachments with federal officials.
-
The rise in bariatric surgery and the trend toward Americans getting ever larger is creating a new liability threat that risk managers must address proactively, ...
-
Hospitals and physician offices must accommodate obese patients or risk running afoul of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), or the Rehabilitation Act, ...
-
The American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) in Chicago recommends that risk managers assess their organization's readiness for treating obese patients.
