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Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano developed a program called Health-e Connection and wants her state to be the national model for electronic connectivity of health care records.
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Specialty hospitals that do not have emergency departments (EDs) are still subject to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) rules on acceptance of patients for transfer.
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Three million fewer workers elected to enroll in their employer's health insurance plan between 1998 and 2003; and The (IRS) has begun sending tax-exempt hospitals a compliance check questionnaire seeking information about their operations.
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Access departments are likely to see an increasing number of patients with some version of what is known as a consumer-driven health plan (CDHP).
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A major consideration with the increase in consumer-driven health plans is that patients are likely to want to know more about what they now are paying for.
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Blount Memorial in Maryville, TN, is working with QualPro, the Knoxville, TN-based company that developed the MVT process, on a six-month project focusing on its emergency department (ED) and operating rooms.
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Access staff at Memorial Hospital, a small, rural facility, face more than the usual challenge in ensuring that there's enough information to successfully bill patients.
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Offering routine HIV testing to ED patients is something that probably sounds good to an ED manager with a strong sense of his or her public health mission. It also is, however, something more easily thought than done.
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In recognition of some of the challenges noted by ED managers regarding HIV testing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is modifying its guidelines for HIV screening and testing in medical facilities. The new guidelines, which are out for comment, would make HIV testing a standard part of medical care in all health care settings, including the ED. They include the following:
