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After Hurricane Katrina, some medical relief workers found themselves performing outpatient surgery procedures on a gym mat or in an 18-wheeler tractor-trailer that had been converted to mobile hospital.
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For the 2006 fiscal year (FY), Medicare payment rates and wage index values for services provided in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) will remain unchanged.
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St. Louis-based Centene Corp., the parent of Managed Health Services Insurance Corp., Wisconsins largest Medicaid HMO, has agreed to pay Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee $9.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed in 2003 over fees for outpatient surgery.
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In recent weeks, two violent episodes involving inmates inside EDs have left managers wondering if they should take special precautions when they know a prisoner is coming to their department.
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Question: A patient is treated in your ED and discharged. Subsequently, the family is unhappy with the care that the patient received and brings him back to the ED.
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The leading national organizations representing ED physicians and nurses have urged the passage of the Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2005 (H.R. 3875), introduced in mid-September by Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN) and Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), and asked Congress to pass it quickly.
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Two national health care organizations have come out with contradictory positions on whether mandatory influenza vaccination for health care workers is justified.
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Mary Washington Hospital is trying out a virtual bed system that, when compared to the controls, decreased the average time to triage by 39%, decreased the turnaround time for treat and released patients by 16%, and decreased door to physician times by 82%.
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In a trend that promises to create a serious challenge for EDs for the foreseeable future, talented ED managers are being lured away from their positions to alternative career paths. And, say observers, while compensation may be one factor, it is far from the only factor.
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ED managers are deluged with statistical reports from many government agencies, and yes, your eyes can glaze over glancing over page after page of seemingly endless numbers.
