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Patient Safety: Improving Hand Hygiene through Safe Use of Alcohol-based Hand Rubs

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Post-acute Prospective Payment Systems: The Final Rules for FY 2004

CMS recently issued final rules for fiscal year \(FY\) 2004 prospective payment systems \(PPS\) for home health agencies \(HHA\), inpatient rehabilitation facilities \(IRF\), long term care hospitals \(LTCH\), and skilled nursing facilities \(SNF\). Some updates take effect October 1, 2003, while…
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Medicare Outpatient PPS: The Proposed Rule for CY 2004

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The Final HIPAA Security Rule: Making Progress in Implementation

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Medicare Inpatient PPS: The Final Rule for FY 2004

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Congressional Investigation on Hospital Billing & Collections Practices May Generate Press Calls

On July 16, the U.S. House of Representatives House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations launched a formal probe into hospital billing and collection practices by sending a seven-page letter to 20 hospitals and health systems across the country. The media coverage this…
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Disaster Readiness Advisory #11: New Planning Tool Available - Weill/Cornell Bioterrorism and Epidem

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The Quality Initiative: A Public Resource on Hospital Performance Update on Collaborative Effort

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Proposed Changes to Medicare Inpatient PPS: Outlier Payments

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Launch of Hospital Compare

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