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01.26.2010		Consumer Direction: What Does It Mean for Case Management? Richard Scott Since 1995 an initiative known as Cash and Counseling has been beckoning a long-term care transformation. Centered around a concept called consumer direction, these programs, along with similar ones they have inspired, promote a new way of...

01.19.2010		Assisted Living Abounds, But Where? Richard Scott There are nearly 40,000 assisted living facilities across the country, but depending on where you live you may be hard-pressed to find one. A new report from Harvard Medical School researchers shows that the availability of assisted living...

01.12.2010		The Debate Rages: Seven Key Health Care Provisions Under Deliberation Richard Scott The final step toward the passage of a comprehensive health care reform bill is underway. Presently Congress is debating the two voluminous pieces of legislation that have passed in the House and the Senate respectively. The two bills contain...

01.05.2010		Report Names Top 10 Health Issues in ’10 Richard Scott Entering the new year, case managers and other health care professionals can expect to see a wide variety of changes to the health care landscape. A recently issued top 10 list from Pricewaterhousecoopers’ Health Research Institute...

12.29.2009		Interview: Public Health and Reform Richard Scott In the early morning on Christmas Eve, the U.S. Senate convened to hold a vote on a landmark measure of health reform—H.R. 3590, or The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Following a strict party-line vote of 60-39 the bill passed...

12.15.2009		Health Screenings Are Often Ignored Despite evidence that shows the life-prolonging benefits of screening for cancer and other disease states, just 25 percent of adults between 50 and 64 take part...

12.15.2009		Revere's Reprisal: The RACs Are Coming The upswell has been approaching steadily and in its wake it has left an extra tangle of knits and furrows on the brows of hospital executives and supervisors around the country. Indeed, RACs are coming. Like some acute portent, their arrival has spurred...

12.15.2009		Violating HIPAA Could Cost $1.5M An interim final rule released by the Department of Health and Human Services substantially increases the fiscal penalty for violating HIPAA...

12.15.2009		$9M Targeted to Nosocomial Infections The Department of Health and Human Services has released $9 million of stimulus funds to combat healthcare-associated infections in ambulatory surgical centers, a...

12.15.2009		E-Prescribing Shows Significant Gains According to data from one national pharmacy chain, the incentives provided through the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act...

12.15.2009		One-third of Deaths Occur in the Hospital A recent study from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found that 32 percent of Americans died inside a hospital in 2007, and that the blood infection...

12.15.2009		Maximizing Resources: The Economy’s Silver Lining Richard Scott One thing the depressed economy is teaching health care workers is how to stretch every inch of the talent and personnel of a workforce in the face of dwindling resources. Similarly, this situation looms like a giant specter across the diverse...

12.08.2009		Medicare Advantage Rankings Show Location Bias Richard Scott Where Medicare patients call home can determine the quality of care they receive, according to a report issued yesterday from the Kaiser Family Foundation that analyzed the quality scores of private plans offered through the Medicare Advantage...

12.01.2009		HITECH Final Rule: Violating HIPAA Could Cost $1.5M Richard Scott The stakes for HIPAA violators has risen considerably. As of yesterday, when the final rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services went into effect, health care organizations and the professionals within them who violate the...

11.24.2009		The Senate Reform Bill Targets Fiscal Prudence Richard Scott Last Saturday, with its decision to move ahead with the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act the U.S. Senate brought significant health care reform to a precipice it hasn’t seen in five decades. Following the 60 to 39...

11.17.2009		Despite Concern Over Short-Range LOS, Hospice Continues To Thrive Richard Scott There is little doubt that hospice has become a mainstream part of public perception. If an indie rock band’s naming of an album after the end-of-life service does not prove the point, then an encouraging ream of statistics and figures...

11.10.2009		Seeking Health Workforce Reform Richard Scott While the past week has borne witness to the House of Representatives’ landmark passage of reform legislation (HR 3962) in an historic Saturday vote, the previous months have witnessed heated debates about what should or should not...

11.10.2009		The Effects of War: Living With the Wounded at Home Lt. Colonel Margaret Andrews Fournier, RN, BSN, MSN, MHA Every person is affected when a loved one dedicates their life to serve our country. Being married to the military makes you an instant member of a very special club. There are no dues, yet you pay...

11.03.2009		The e-Patient: A New Balance of Power Richard Scott As trends in wellness, communication and models of care show, a steady transfer of power is underway in the delivery and in the pursuit of health care. This burgeoning shift that breaks from the traditional, paternalistic mode of care is...

11.03.2009		Consumerism: The Right Path to Health Care Reform at Work Les C. Meyer, MBA For the past decade, corporate America has increasingly sought to manage health benefit costs in a way that mirrors the switch from pensions to 401(k). The so-called health care consumerism movement, much like the “defined...

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