The expected growth in healthcare expenditures from 2017 to 2026 is expected to outpace the growth in gross domestic product (GDP) by 1%, resulting in an increase in the health share of the GDP from 17.9% in 2016 to 19.7% in 2026, according to a CMS report.
By asking difficult questions early in a patient’s care about issues such as housing, food security, and neighborhood crime, case managers can combat common transition-related issues in high-cost or high-need patients.
If your organization is regulated by HIPAA, either as a covered entity (CE) or as a business associate (BA), you probably started a HIPAA training program years ago when the privacy and security rules mandating training were published. Whether old or recently created, your training program may not have met reasonable expectations to begin with. Now may be a good time to review, refresh, and refine that program to take it to a new level.
We are updating our charges in our RHC and we want to make sure we are capturing all of the preventive services that we can perform in our clinic. Along with that, we want to audit the documentation. Where can we find a list of RHC preventive services?
Sexual harassment in Hollywood has gotten much attention recently, but it’s far from the only industry where harassment is a problem. A recent analysis of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission data for 1995 through 2016 showed that some 3,800 hospital employees filed sexual harassment complaints.
