DCS, a Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), has signed a five-year license agreement with Milliman Care Guidelines (see also Medicare and Medicaid).DCS, A Performant Company, will use the Milliman Care Guidelines content and software to review Medicare claims in 12 Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states and districts [...]
TORONTO, July 29 /CNW/ – The Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) is encouraged by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s announcement to expand its Emergency Room (ER) Pay for Results Program. The OHA considers this expansion a positive step forward in improving both access to care and health system accountability."Hospitals are eager to reduce wait [...]
Fresh data on internal medicine are presented in the report ‘Toward safe hospital discharge: a transitions in care curriculum for medical students.’ "Medical errors often occur when patients move between care settings. Physicians generally receive little formal education on improving patient care transitions," investigators in the United States report."To develop a sustainable and effective Transition [...]
A report, ‘Clostridium difficile-associated disease acquired in the neurocritical care unit,’ is newly published data in Neurocritical Care. "Clostridium difficile is an important cause of nosocomial infection on the intensive care unit. Little is known about infection rates on the neurocritical care unit (NICU)," scientists writing in the journal Neurocritical Care report (see also Clostridium)."The [...]
Researchers detail in ‘Does a social model of hospice day care affect advanced cancer patients’ use of other health and social services? A prospective quasi-experimental trial,’ new data in patient care. "Hospice day care (HDC) services have developed but no trials evaluate their impact on the other health and social care services. The purpose of [...]
DALLAS(BUSINESS WIRE) American CareSource Holdings (NASDAQ: ANCI) today announced that it will present at the BMO Focus on Healthcare Conference at the Sheraton New York Hotel. David Boone, American CareSource’s Chief Executive Officer and Matthew [...]
2009 Report Highlights International Clinical Innovation and Community-Building Efforts DENVER(BUSINESS WIRE) DaVita Inc. (NYSE:DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed [...]
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 28 /PRNewswire/ Community oncologists, practice administrators and clinical staff interested in learning the requirements of the meaningful-use regulations in order to receive federal stimulus payments towards adopting a certified electronic health record (EHR) are invited to attend a free webinar at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. PDT) on Friday, August [...]
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) announced its support of the two final rules issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) for the electronic health record incentive programs at a briefing hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and [...]
After a successful pilot program in October 2009, Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) is introducing an innovative approach to cancer treatment this July at each of its four hospitals in suburban Chicago, Philadelphia, Tulsa and suburban Phoenix. Called "Patient Empowered Care(SM)," this advancement in the patient treatment delivery process offers patients an average of [...]
