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Plan would share ER info to save time, money The Columbus Dispatch Share    
From Jan. 21, 2010: When you arrive at a hospital emergency room, doctors want to know the medications you take and whether you are allergic to anything; they want to see the MRI you just had at another hospital. You might not be awake or recall such details and, right now, the information isn't shared electronically by hospitals in different health systems. That can cost time as the emergency staff tries to piece together your health history, and maybe money, if doctors order a second MRI. That's why three nonprofit groups are working to electronically connect the 11 emergency departments across central Ohio. More
New tool to assess emergency department patients Health News Digest Share
From Feb. 11, 2010: A new assessment tool, reported recently by the Journal of Hospital Medicine, may help hospitals avoid under- or over-treating patients who are admitted through hospital emergency departments. Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have modified an early-warning tool that is commonly used to determine if hospitalized patients are getting sicker. With these changes, researchers may have developed a way for busy emergency departments (ED) to assess the risk of incoming patients and guide the critical decision of whether patients requiring hospitalization should be placed in an intensive care unit (ICU) or a standard room. More Questions raised at hearing on UMCs emergency room procedures Las Vegas Review Journal Share
From Jan. 21, 2010: Even if a hospital offers the best patient care in the world, it doesn’t make a difference if patients can’t get to the physicians. That was the message delivered by Sen. Valerie Wiener, D-Las Vegas, chairwoman of the state legislative committee on health care, to physicians and administrators at University Medical Center in a fact-finding hearing in January. More
4 ways emergency departments will change over the next 5 years Becker's Hospital Review Share
From Sept. 9, 2010: Many of the 32 million Americans set to receive health insurance for the first time have historically used the emergency department in place of a primary care provider. John Fontanetta, MD, chairman of the emergency department at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, N.J., and chief medical officer for Emergency Department Information Management Solutions, discusses four ways EDs are changing to accommodate health reform laws and increased patient load. More Should there be a limit on wait times to see the doctor? The Wall Streeet Journal Health Blog Share
From Jan. 28, 2010: Starting next year, people in California may find it a bit easier to get in to see the doctor. The state is putting in place new limits on doctor wait times for the more than 20 million Californians who get insurance through HMOs. More House, Senate squabble over Medicare reimbursement MassDevice Share
From June 24, 2010: The leaders of the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives are at loggerheads over a 21 percent Medicare reimbursement rate cut that went into effect June 18, stalling a move to stave off the cut for six months. The impasse between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) stemmed from a June 17 Senate vote to once again delay a mandated rate cut. The House, which is out of session until this evening, was expected to approve the delay once it reconvened. Pelosi dashed cold water on those hopes, saying she saw no reason to pass the bill as a separate measure from the jobs bill. More WellCare reaches tentative $137.5 million settlement in health fraud case American Medical News Share
From July 15, 2010: WellCare Health Plans has reached a preliminary settlement of $137.5 million to end a whistle-blower case that has gone on for four years. The announcement was made just days before a judge unsealed a 20-count False Claims Act complaint filed by a whistle-blower against the Medicare and Medicaid contractor. More Out-of-network emergency care The Washington Post Share
From July 22, 2010: In the middle of a medical emergency, you don't have time to wonder whether the doctor who is reading your X-rays is in your insurance network. Starting this fall, changes under the health-care overhaul will take some of the worry out of emergency room visits. But the new provisions don't cover all the bases, and in some instances you may still get blindsided by unexpected costs. More Bonus planned for digital medical records The New York Times Share
From Jan. 14, 2010: Medicare officials in January detailed plans to distribute billions of dollars in stimulus to upgrade the nation’s paper medical records to electronic files. Under the proposal, doctors and hospitals that keep updated electronic medical records of their patients could receive bonus payments for using the software. Officials for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services stressed in a conference call that the proposal was preliminary and would not be completed until spring. The proposal was posted to the agency’s website. More CBO: Medicare payment 'doc fix' is more expensive than expected Medical News Today Share
From May 13, 2010: The debate over what to do about Medicare payments to doctors continues. Physicians have been lobbying "to repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate formula, which triggers automatic Medicare payment cuts if spending rises above a certain level," CongressDaily reported. Those cuts have been put off for years. More |
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