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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it will survey up to 1,200 covered entities and business associates to find those in need of a full HIPAA compliance audit.
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The University of Pennsylvania Health System has found that interventions by community health workers improve outcomes and reduce hospital readmissions for at-risk patients.
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Multidisciplinary rounds are a good way to improve throughput, reduce length of stay and readmissions, and improve patient satisfaction, experts say.
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Patient access leaders at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston created a visual tool in 2013 to help staff to determine the correct payer.
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Multidisciplinary rounds can be an invaluable tool for the hospital team, but only if they are well-organized and focused, experts say.
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When patients are being discharged from University of Utah Health Care, they receive a one-page handout that supplements the written discharge instructions and gives patients, in an easy-to-read format, all the information they need when they get home.
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Mercy Medical Center in Canton, OH, established daily multidisciplinary rounds at the same time the case management department was being redesigned.
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At University of Utah Health Care, a transition case manager acts as a liaison between the outpatient care team at community clinics and the inpatient care team.
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Even if the patient standing in front of you obtained coverage on the Health Insurance Exchange Marketplace, the claim still could end up being denied.
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Weekly extended stay rounds help move along patients who have issues and barriers to a timely discharge, experts say.