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A new study published on-line in the Annals of Emergency Medicine finds that ambulance diversions can result in significant revenue losses for emergency departments.
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The traditional approach to process improvement -- where errors are identified and then corrections sought -- just doesn't work in the ED.
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The police present at a busy ED seeking medical clearance for an individual they are holding with a suspected behavioral emergency. The hospital does not offer psychiatric services.
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In its final inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) regulations for fiscal year 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has included some "modest" changes to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) regulations.
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In a first step toward a new ambulatory surgery center (ASC) payment system, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that would pay ASCs 62% of the hospital outpatient department (HOPD) rate, beginning Jan. 1, 2008, with a two-year transition period.
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In a proposed regulation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is adding 14 procedures to the approved list for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in 2007 (see list) and plans to expand the list further in 2008.
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Under a proposed regulation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would require hospital outpatient department (HOPD) payment rate updates to be tied to inpatient quality measures provided by the hospital, beginning in 2007. Under the proposal, hospitals that don't submit the required quality data would see their HOPD rate updates reduced 2 percentage points.
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A July report from the American Hospital Association (AHA) regarding the shift of care to nonhospital settings1 brought strong reaction from FASA, which said the association is playing "the blame game."
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Do you really want to know how to make people happy at your facility? I mean, do you really want to know? I will step up and be honest; sometimes I don't know! Sometimes I really don't care and want someone to make me happy.
