Largest-ever HIPAA settlement rings in at $5 million, should be a lesson to providers sharing computer...
By
Tim Mullaney
May 09, 2014
New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University have entered into the largest-ever government settlement over an electronic data breach, totaling $4.8 million, the Department of Health and Human...
Path of the Patient: Ages and Stages in IBD – EXPIRED
Jan 27, 2012
Clinicians face many challenges when diagnosing and managing patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, known collectively as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Ask the legal expert: What’s the best way to respond to alleged deficiencies?
By
John Durso
Jan 03, 2012
John Durso, Esq., Ungaretti & Harris LLP
CMS to host first MDS 3.0 training broadcast today
Dec 17, 2009
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will hold the first of three MDS 3.0 satellite broadcasts today from 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. EST.
Also in the News for Wednesday, July 10
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 09, 2019
Job vacancies for nurse surveyors causing complaint backlog, Georgia health officials say … Pneumonia patients get too many antibiotics … State officials go door-to-door to find 16,800 Medicaid beneficiaries...
Calcium supplements raise dementia risk in women surviving stroke sevenfold, study finds
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 19, 2016
Calcium supplements are tied to an increased risk of dementia in senior women who have had a stroke, researchers have found.
Wound Care Feature: Get it in writing
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 14, 2005
As treatment options and regulations have expanded, so has the documentation need for care teams trying to deliver wound care.
Nancy DeFranco can look back with a bit of a wry grin now, but there was nothing...
Proposed law would mandate minimum direct care nurse hours
By
Stephanie H. Kim
Aug 04, 2014
A bill that would establish a minimum direct care nurse staffing hours at Medicare and Medicaid nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities was introduced by an Illinois congresswoman last week.
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Oct. 27
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 27, 2020
Universal mask-wearing could cut 130,000 U.S. COVID deaths by March, study finds … Hard physical labor ups dementia risk; ‘good’ activity has reverse effect … Surgery may help bridge the breast...
Also in the News for Wednesday, May 27
May 27, 2020
Verma details administration’s moves to address COVID-19 in nursing homes … Pennsylvania has fined nursing homes more than $93K during inspections amid pandemic … U.S. plans massive COVID-19 vaccine...