Health Systems Management
Stay updated on insights and resources for health systems management.
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Essential Steps for Starting a Home Health Agency
Topping the agenda for a new home health agency are licensure, financing and insurance. With home health service…
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Work Smarter, Not Harder; Revenue Enhancement Strategies for Physicians
Physician practices continue to feel the pressure from increased regulation, increased overhead expenditures, and decreased reimbursement. While physicians…
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Community Paramedicine & Nursing: What’s The Connection?
At-home care services are receiving a facelift. The nurse’s role is among the many questionable aspects of this…
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Top 7 Reasons Pressure Ulcer Rates are Still Going Up in Hospitals
Recently, my colleague wrote that the CMS’ Value-Based Purchasing incentives were working to reduce hospital-acquired conditions (HACs), according…
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CMS Incentives Reduce HACs, But Much Work Remains
On January 29, 2019, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released a report showing the changes…
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Trust the Process
Why automation may be the best thing for IT professionals Early in 2019, a data breach at the…
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Proactive Cybersecurity Measures
Experts weigh in on fixing problems before the start, plus the idea of phishing simulations In our last…
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Disability Etiquette: An Evolving Language in Healthcare
As medical professionals become more aware and sensitive to disabled patients, communication is finding common ground. Despite an…
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Medicare Trustees: Trust Fund Will Begin to Deplete by 2026
What measures and means will be taken in the meantime? To the average person, Medicare is simply health…
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CDC: Measles Cases at Highest Rate in Nearly 20 Years
The disease was considered eliminated in the year 2000 Last Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported…
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Study: Medicare-covered Stroke Patients are Receiving Inconsistent Levels of Therapy
Findings surprising in light of the importance of rehab for stroke patients Medicare-covered stroke patients receive vastly different…