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Planning is under way for a new ambulatory business center that will consolidate a wide range of outpatient functions at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock.
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That's certainly not new advice for patient access staff, but in this case it specifically refers to applications made for coverage of patients by the federal disability program.
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A report released by the Commonwealth Fund ranked hospitals in 50 U.S. states and Washington, DC, on the value of the health care they provided to children. Iowa and Vermont came in at the top; Oklahoma and Florida fared the worst.
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The American Hospital Association (AHA) honored four hospital volunteer programs with the Hospital Awards for Volunteer Excellence (HAVE).
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In addition to giving your administration a list of roles, provide specific and detailed definitions and outline the functions your department performs for those roles, says Toni Cesta, RN, PhD, FAAN, vice president, patient flow optimization for the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System and health care consultant and partner in Case Management Concepts LLC.
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At a time when case management departments all over the country are facing cuts in staff or just remaining stable, DCH Health System in Tuscaloosa, AL, recently added four 0.7 FTEs to the case management departments of its two largest hospitals.
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A 16-bed observation unit has increased bed capacity and improved patient flow at Ingham Regional Medical Center in Lansing, MI.
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Despite being pressured, The Joint Commission (TJC) has not dictated in the revised "Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery" that surgeons must be the ones who mark the surgical site.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a 3% payment increase for hospital-based outpatient programs for calendar year (CY) 2009, while ambulatory surgery specialties will see payment changes ranging from -6% for procedures on the digestive system to 19% for procedures of the musculoskeletal system.
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In every element of the revised 2009 "Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery," including verification of procedure, marking of site, and taking time out, The Joint Commission (TJC) has "gotten a bit more specific about who does what and when," says Peter Angood, MD, vice president and chief patient safety officer for TJC.
