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One of the greatest hazards at your hospital may be the pathway from the parking lot to the front door.
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Almost everyone gets the flu shot at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. It isn't an option. It's a condition of employment.
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Profiles of six Medicaid high-cost populations released near the end of 2006 make the point that Medicaid "plays a unique and critical role in meeting the acute care and long-term services needs of millions of seniors ..."
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While health policy-makers look into ways to more cost-effectively meet the needs of high-risk, high-cost populations, officials from two states presented reports on their Medicaid structural reform efforts at the 2006 conference of the National Association of State Health Policy.
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Only Colorado, Delaware, and Maine are funding tobacco prevention programs at minimum levels recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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In the weeks following the November mid-term elections, a number of health policy think tanks saw an opportunity to make some changes in the nation's approach to health care and issued papers outlining ideas for members of Congress, governors, state Medicaid directors, and state budget officers to consider.
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State Medicaid directors say they don't see much financial benefit to some recent major changes in state pharmacy programs, including changes authorized by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) and use of the Medicare Part D drug benefit.
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Revised guidelines from the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) on how hospitals should measure and report bad debt and charity care put the spotlight squarely on patient access staff.
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Health care organizations have a critical need for qualified clinical coding professionals, according to a recent survey by the American Health Information Management Association and the American Hospital Association Central Office.
