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A new set of performance measures to increase patient enrollment in cardiac rehabilitation programs and set standards of excellence for program operation were released in 2007.
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Do you want to know how a health-promoting environment affects your company's bottom line? One new weapon in your arsenal is the Environmental Assessment Tool (EAT).
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Nearly 5% of employees have high levels of psychological distress associated with a high likelihood of a mental disorder, reports a recent study.1
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A comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation program is highly beneficial for people who have experienced a cardiac event, such as a heart attack or bypass surgery, says Murray Low, EdD, FAACVPR, FACSM, president-elect of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
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Although research shows that cardiac rehabilitation programs, also known as secondary prevention programs, help improve the health and life expectancy of people with heart conditions, the referral rate is low.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to move at a rapid pace toward value-based purchasing, proposing expansion in hospital quality reporting requirements and increasing the number of hospital-acquired conditions for which Medicare won't reimburse.
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Case managers should be involved in their hospitals' efforts to ensure compliance with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations that require documentation of conditions that are present on admission and deny payment for certain conditions acquired during the hospital stay, experts say.
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When a patient discharged on a Friday is back in the hospital the following Monday, there can be many reasons.
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