Articles Tagged With: outpatient
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1.55% Pay Boost Proposed for Hospital Outpatients
CMS proposed to update hospital outpatient prospective payment system rates by 1.55% in the calendar year 2017 compared to CY 2016, according to the American Hospital Association .
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'Substantial' Settlement Reached in Joan Rivers’ Death
The physicians who were sued by the family have accepted responsibility for her death. -
7 pressing questions in outpatient surgery
Our new surgeon wants to do total joints in our facility. (He read your article. Thanks, and I am being sarcastic!) We just cannot do these on all these old, sick patients, and it is going to make us fail!
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BCBSA study shows how consumers save with shift to outpatient care
A new study by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association demonstrates how much consumers and payers save when medical procedures shift from an inpatient to an outpatient setting.
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Outpatient surgery field fights back after ban from insurance plans
Distressed. Alarming. Shortsighted. Troubling. These words are being used to describe a new trend of employers offering healthcare coverage that excludes outpatient surgery in all settings: hospitals, surgery centers, and surgeons’ offices.
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Staying survey-ready is critical in current accreditation environment
A cautionary note: Those days of knowing when surveyors or government regulators are coming and having time to prepare? They’re long past, say accreditation experts interviewed by Same-Day Surgery.
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Colonoscopy quality varies among facilities
Researchers have found important variation in quality of colonoscopies among outpatient facilities.
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Can you offer total hips and knees in 23 hours? Yes!
Start posting patients for hip replacements and send them home in less than 24 hours directly from your surgery center. No 72-hour-stay facility is needed.
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These registrars’ customer service is excellent — in clinical areas
Patient satisfaction has become a top priority for patient access, and not just in registration areas.