The 2016 Leadership Summit will provide an opportunity for healthcare leaders to discuss critical issues affecting their organizations. The Leadership Summit will offer strategies and tools to aid healthcare organizations...
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing updated payment rates and policy changes in the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment...
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QUESTION: Are Joint Commission accredited hospitals required to have antimicrobial stewardship programs? ANSWER: Yes. Under the new Medication Management standard MM.09.01.01, hospitals are required to have an antimicrobial stewardship program. This standard is...
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized a new rule that expands access to analyses and data that will help providers, employers, and others make more informed...
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QUESTION: Is there a process for requesting access to an investigational drug outside of a clinical trial? ANSWER: Yes. The US Food and Drug Administration has a process for expanded access. Expanded access...
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing to update the requirements that hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid...
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QUESTION: The staff calls the pre-op patients a day or two ahead of time to give instructions and find out any medical information that would be relevant for surgery. Our question...
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UPDATE: Â CMSÂ published a memorandum on June 20, 2016 stating the following: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has adopted by regulation the 2012 LSC and the 2012 HCFC....
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Blood connects us all is the theme of this year’s World Blood Donor Day. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) objectives for this campaign include providing a wider public awareness for...
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QUESTION: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHA) recently issued a final rule to reduce health care disparities. Can you provide a brief summary of this final rule? ANSWER: The Department of...
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