Whether a family wants a surveillance camera in their loved one’s room or your staff takes random pictures to post
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To Report Or Not To Report A HIPAA Breach
As a HIPAA-covered entity, your medical establishment is required by the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule to provide notification following a
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Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections: Curb Antibiotics and Boost Handwashing
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on any given day, about one in 25 hospital patients
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Every year, millions of Americans get sick—and some even die—because of foodborne diseases, according to the Centers for Disease Control
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Supporting residents to set their own goals is a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requirement. CMS regulatory tag
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Don’t Let CMS Grievance Standards Give You Grief: Put Your Policy In Place
Nobody’s perfect—including your hospital staff. Patients will complain. But you have a responsibility to your patients and to your hospital
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Prepare Your Hospital For Contracted Services Scrutiny
Both the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Joint Commission have ramped up their scrutiny of contract
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Demystify CMS Restraint and Seclusion Interpretive Guidelines
Restraint and seclusion is a hot spot with both CMS and the Joint Commission—and an area where hospitals are frequently
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Avoid Failed Regulatory Efforts And FDA Form 483
If your life science organization fails to meet regulatory requirements during a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) audit, you can
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Durable medical equipment (DME) billing continues to be scrutinized by Medicare and other commercial carriers. The Centers for Medicare and
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