There is nothing like a national public health emergency to highlight the challenges of regulatory compliance for hospitals and other health care facilities. Compliance Officers and compliance departments have been...
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The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced this week that the agency has resolved a complaint filed against the Pennsylvania...
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For more than 30 years, MCN Healthcare has been a trusted source for healthcare policies and procedures, policy management software and elearning. StayAlert!, a regulatory email notification service, was developed in...
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U.S. hospitals saw a 40 percent increase in the rate of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with sepsis over the past seven years according to a study by HHS researchers; the cost...
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As part of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) FY 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule, CMS has finalized an alternative pathway for the New...
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MCN Healthcare Unveils StayAlert! Plus – a Solution for Healthcare Providers That Flags Documents Affected by Regulatory Change Healthcare Solution Helps Policy Managers Stay Compliant, Reduce Manual Efforts and Increase Efficiencies Denver,...
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has launched a revised web tool that better identifies recent breaches of health information and assists...
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Memorandum, on July 28, 2017, providing clarification of the Fire and Smoke Door Annual Testing Requirements in Health Care Occupancies. Background The...
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According to the CDC, antibiotics have transformed the practice of medicine, making once lethal infections readily treatable and making other medical advances, like cancer chemotherapy and organ transplants, possible. The...
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued proposed revisions to arbitration agreement requirements for long-term care facilities. According to CMS, the proposed revisions would help strengthen transparency in...
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