Research: More efforts needed to improve end-of-life discussion
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Haymarket Media
Oct 12, 2004
A combination of education, ongoing dialogue, and involvement of all members of the healthcare team are essential to improving end-of-life communication with patients and family, research studies cited...
New Jersey Governor signs medical liability reform legislation
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Haymarket Media
Jun 10, 2004
New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey signed medical liability reform legislation in an attempt to reduce rising insurance premium costs. This could mean statutory caps on non-economic damages for medical liability...
SEIU to form healthcare union
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Haymarket Media
Feb 02, 2007
The Service Employees International Union, the largest union of healthcare workers in the United States, has formed a new union called SEIU Healthcare.
CMS plans fraud-tracking system
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Holly Petrovich
May 29, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to launch a new provider website to track enforcement actions against Medicare providers over potentially fraudulent claims, Modern Healthcare reported.
CMS releases reference chart for new therapy-related G-codes
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Tim Mullaney
Aug 16, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a reference chart listing the new G-codes needed for outpatient therapy services claims under the Medicare fee-for-service program.
New studies, CMS rules attempt to lower rehospitalizations for seniors
Jun 14, 2011
The rate of rehospitalization of seniors within 30 days of discharge from a nursing home has surged in the last several years, to an estimated annual cost of more than $17 billion.
Bush recognizes long-term care “challenge” in State of the Union
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Haymarket Media
Feb 02, 2006
President Bush called attention to the “national challenge” aging Americans pose for the nation’s retirement and long-term care systems in his State of the Union address Tuesday night....
United Healthcare concealed enrollment fraud complaints, lawsuit claims
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Jul 31, 2017
UnitedHealthcare has found itself on the receiving end of another lawsuit, this time alleging the insurance giant of concealing complaints of enrollment fraud and other issues.
SEIU disputes “independence” of ManorCare quality committee
May 12, 2008
The Service Employees International Union has called into question the independence of HCR ManorCare’s recently formed panel of quality advisers.
LTPAC Health IT Collaborative to hold 10th annual summit
Jun 19, 2014
The Long-Term and Post Acute Care Health Information Technology Collaborative (LTPAC HIT) will host its 10th annual conference from Sunday, June 22, to Tuesday, June 24. There are ten key organizations...