Posts Tagged ‘Hospitals’

Nurses to strike California hospitals Thursday
Filed under: mental health workers
Mental health workers at Kaiser said they're striking over proposed cuts to their health and retirement benefits, and what they described as exceptionally long wait times for patients to receive individual psychiatric care. They are also expected to be … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

Workers put in 26 million extra hours each day
Filed under: mental health workers
Workers are putting in a staggering 26 million extra hours in the workplace each day, according to new research from Aviva's latest report on health of the workplace. It shows six in ten employees regularly work beyond their contracted hours, … Read more on Private Healthcare UK

Layoff Notices Sent to 3500 State Workers
Filed under: mental health workers
Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday pushed ahead with plans to lay off 3500 state workers, sending notices to workers throughout the state's government bureaucracy. The governor's ax landed hardest on mental-health and corrections employees, but the impact was … Read more on Wall Street Journal

Four Factors Help Hospitals Manage Bad Debt
Filed under: hospital billing audit
"If a $ 20 co-pay is not collected right away, the billing department may have to mail multiple invoices, coordinate with the insurance carrier and eventually involve a collection agency," he said. "If hospitals put procedures in place to identify and … Read more on Sacramento Bee

OIG 2012 Work Plan
Filed under: hospital billing audit
The Work Plan in large part reflects only two aspects of the work of OIG: projects originating within the Office of Audit Services (OAS), which conducts financial, billing, and performance audits of HHS programs; and projects originating within the … Read more on Lexology (registration)

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Vanderbilt partnership benefits regional hospitals
Filed under: medical benefits
This month, Vanderbilt Health flexed its market muscle, announcing significant affiliation agreements with Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, and NorthCrest Medical Center in Springfield. … Read more on The Tennessean

Families of disabled people urged to protest proposed cuts to Medicare, Medicaid
Filed under: medical benefits
"The irony is that plans developed to cut medical coverage for seniors and the disabled is being made by those with full-paid medical health insurance," said Liz Bauer, former head of the Michigan Protection and Advocacy group in Lansing and mother of … Read more on Royal Oak Daily Tribune

Wallingford firm picked for health care streamlining
Filed under: medical benefits
The administration's direction emphasizes improved coordination of medical benefits and outcomes under Medicaid – an extensive program that covers nearly 120000 seniors and younger adults, and 394000 children and parents enrolled in HUSKY A. The same … Read more on Connectcut Plus

Medicare: Comments on CMS Proposed 2006 Rates for Specified Covered Outpatient Drugs and Radiopharmaceuticals Used in Hospitals

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Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction

Winner of a 2009 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Prize Drawing on his years of working with hospitals, Mark Graban explains why and how Lean can be used to improve safety, quality, and efficiency in a healthcare setting. After highlighting the benefits of Lean methods for patients, employees, physicians, and the hospital itself, he explains how Lean manufacturing staples such as Value Stream Mapping and process observation can help hospital personnel identify and eliminate waste

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