Question: Where can I find CMS’ Hospital Quality Assessment Performance Improvement (QAPI) Worksheet? Answer: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published surveyor worksheets for assessing compliance with three Medicare hospital Conditions...
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The United States Senate has released a report on the outbreak of deadly bacterial infections linked to contaminated medical scopes. According to the report, Preventable Tragedies: Superbugs and How Ineffective...
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Many healthcare organizations are making the leap from paper documents or the use of a shared drive to a policy and procedure management software system. There are many advantages to...
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Question: What are the federal requirements for reporting adverse events related to medical devices? Answer: Under the Medical Device Reporting (MDR) regulation, 21 CFR 803, device user facilities are required to report...
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MCN Healthcare staff give back in a variety of ways during the year. One of our clinical staff recently travelled to Madagascar through the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. This group sends...
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Question: Where can I find more information on a patient’s right to access his/her health information? Answer: You are in luck. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil...
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In May 2015, the World Health Organization reported the first local transmission of Zika virus in the Western Hemisphere, with locally acquired cases identified in Brazil. As of January 15,...
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MCN Healthcare staff give back in a variety of ways during the year. One of our clinical staff recently travelled to Madagascar through the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. This group sends...
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Question: How should home health workers of a Home Health Agency (HHA) dispose of protected health information that they use off of the HHA’s premises? Answer: The HIPAA Privacy Rule requires that covered...
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The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released updated nutritional guidelines that encourage Americans to adopt a series of...
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