New Proposed Federal Rule Could Remove Requirement for Hospitals to Share Negotiated Medicare Advantage Rates with CMS
CMS says it is responding to hospitals’ plea for relief from burdensome reporting requirements, but not altering federal price transparency laws Despite federal price transparency law that went into effect January 1 after a year-long court battle, some hospitals continue to balk at sharing their payer-negotiated rates for healthcare goods and services—including medical laboratory testing—claiming […]
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3 ways radiology can improve patient 'handoffs'
Radiology "handoffs" -- that is, transitioning patients to other department...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Improving radiation oncology safety is a continuous process (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 12, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Chris Cornell ’s Family Settles Malpractice Suit With His Former Doctor
The singer’s family maintained that Dr. Robert Koblin had over-prescribed and mismanaged his medication (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 6, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hospital-based Clinical Laboratory Scientist is Suing Her Former Employer After Being Fired Due to Long-Haul COVID-19 Illness
Medical laboratory employee alleges healthcare system discriminated based on her medical condition, failed to accommodate her disability, then retaliated and created hostile working conditions What is a clinical laboratory’s obligation when an employee is infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and does not make a speedy recovery? Medical laboratory executives should ponder this question now that […]
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ED and Urgent Care Medical Malpractice Claims 2001-15 ED and Urgent Care Medical Malpractice Claims 2001-15
A new review examines recent malpractice claims originating from emergency departments and urgent care centers. What are the common factors?Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 22, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Emergency Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
Pew Charitable Trusts and CDC Find Hospitals Are Overusing Antibiotics, Set New Targets for Antibiotic Prescribing and Avoiding Antimicrobial Resistance
Clinical laboratories and microbiology tests provide key tools for physicians engaged in antibiotic stewardship programs One important and continuing trend in healthcare is the need for hospitals, nursing homes, and other medical providers to introduce effective antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs). The findings of a recent study on antibiotic stewardship emphasize the need for improvement and […]
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Source: Dark Daily - April 21, 2021 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jude Tags: Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Testing Uncategorized Source Type: news
Covaxin production to increase 10 times by September: Harsh Vardhan
Highlighting the steps taken to fulfil the requirement of remdesivir, Vardhan in a tweet said, "Production being doubled to 74.1L per month by May; Express permission given to 20 manufacturing plants to increase production; Exports prohibited; Prices capped; Strict monitoring to curb any malpractice, hoarding and black marketing." (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - April 18, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Federal Government Study Shows EHR Interoperability at All Time High as 55% of Hospitals Report Robust Data Exchange
But information blocking remains a barrier to complete information exchange, creating ongoing issues for clinical laboratories and pathology groups Interoperability of electronic health records (EHRs) remains one the biggest challenges for clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups that must interface with the EHRs of their physician clients to enable electronic transmission of medical laboratory orders […]
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AHA Expresses Opposition to Merger between UnitedHealth Group ’s OptumInsight and Change Healthcare, DOJ Agrees to Look into the $13B Deal
Clinical laboratory information would be part of a “massive” transfer of data that may affect medical decision-making ‘to the detriment of consumers and healthcare providers’ the AHA stated in a letter to the DOJ In yet another example of healthcare market concentration and consolidation where the big get bigger—sometimes at the expense of patients, physicians, […]
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OIG Report Indicates Fraudulent Upcoding at Hospitals is More Prevalent than Expected, Recommends More CMS Oversight and Auditing of Medicare Spending
Oddly, as upcoding severity levels have risen, reported higher-severity inpatient hospital stays have dropped, OIG reported Medicare upcoding fraud is a growing problem for the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Now, a report from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) suggests that the practice […]
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The fight to overcome vaccine hesitancy among African Americans
A tide of misinformation and centuries of medical malpractice have led to wariness around the Covid-19 jab (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - February 24, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Do Frequent Malpractice Offenders Often Get Away With It? Do Frequent Malpractice Offenders Often Get Away With It?
State boards asleep at the switch, report says; beauty doctor settles to save face; botched endoscopic procedure triggers big award.Medscape Business of Medicine (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 23, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Intellectual Property Cause of Death, Genocide
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis ChowdhuryKUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Feb 9 2021 (IPS) Refusal to temporarily suspend several World Trade Organization (WTO) intellectual property (IP) provisions to enable much faster and broader progress in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic should be grounds for International Criminal Court prosecution for genocide.
Jomo Kwame SundaramMaking life-saving vaccines, medicines and equipment available, freely or affordably, has been crucial for containing the spread of many infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV-AIDS, polio and smallpox.
Jonas Salk, who developed the polio vaccine, insisted...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 9, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury Tags: Crime & Justice Development & Aid Economy & Trade Global Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Malpractice Case: Drug Mistakes Can Cause Serious Harm Malpractice Case: Drug Mistakes Can Cause Serious Harm
This doctor failed to check the medicine he used during a surgery, resulting in severe injury to the patient. What should he have done differently?Cooperative of American Physicians (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Article Source Type: news
AI for image interpretation: Friend or foe to radiologists?
Will using artificial intelligence (AI) for image interpretation tasks hel...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Could AI lower malpractice risk for physicians?Comments:
2/4/2021 1:02:16 AMHospital-Rad
Here we go again. AI replacing rads.
2/4/2021 9:22:41 AMdrad123
AI or sci fi? Maybe someday bots will continually scour the PACS. Lets...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 5, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
