Hospital administrators often look at case managers when a patient stay exceeds targets. Length of stay is seen as case management’s responsibility—even though the factors that extend patient stays are often out of their control.
The plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against Premera Blue Cross over a 2015 data breach now allege that the health insurance company destroyed key evidence, according to new documents filed in August.
This week's note from the instructor is the second in a two-part series reviewing some of the major provisions in the 2019 Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule. This week's note reviews changes to payment factors and meaningful measures.
Q: If we hire temporary nursing staff through a staffing agency, do they need to complete our facility’s HIPAA training, or can we consider the training the agency provides sufficient?
