This week’s Medicare updates include an advance notice of proposed rulemaking regarding changes to Part B drug pricing, an OIG review of billing for inpatient services, the release of skilled nursing facility quality reporting data, and more!
The emergency department (ED) should be considered a patient unit, and the case manager and social worker should triage throughout the day. They must work to improve patient flow in the ED and provide better quality of care for the patient.
This month's Q&A answers to readers' questions on collecting payment, contacting physicians, overhearing medical examinations in the emergency department, and discussing the health of adult children.
How can an ICU case manager coordinate the final care of an emergency room patient who never regains consciousness and the only thing known about him is his name?
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced last week that they have updated the Security Risk Assessment tool with improved functionality to assess risks to protected health information.
