The Most Important Health Officials You’ve Never Heard Of: Insurance Commissioners In Hot Seat
The political debate highlights the role of this crew of wonk-ish administrators who sometimes preside over underfunded, understaffed offices and whose range of duties usually spans well beyond health care and its myriad complexities.
Some HIPAA Requirements Waived For Hospitals Affected By Hurricane Harvey
Hospitals and other healthcare organizations affected by Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Louisiana were granted an emergency reprieve from certain limited HIPAA requirements, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced in an August 30 email alert. The agency also published a bulletin August 29.
Vaccine Safety: Is Your Team Up To Snuff?
Take time in the final week of August to reflect on immunization preparedness and handling practices in your facility.
What Exactly is a ‘High-Performing’ Health System?
A review by The Joint Commission finds broad and inconsistent uses for the term and definitions that are all over the map, hindering effective measures for the concept.
TX Hospitals Shutter as Harvey Batters Houston
Hurricane Harvey unleashes catastrophic flooding, forcing some healthcare providers to shut down and evacuate patients.
Elder Abuse: ERs Learn How To Protect A Vulnerable Population
Because visits to the emergency room may be the only time an older adult leaves the house, staff in the ER can be a first line of defense.
Treatment Center Faces $207k Fine as OSHA Announcements Grow Rarer
A facility in Massachusetts is accused of failing to address workplace violence risks as it had promised.
New May Not Be Better: Hospital Returns to Paper and Happier Docs
The Illinois Pain Institute (IPI) was having trouble with its electronic health records (EHR). So they got rid of them and went back to paper. And they aren’t planning on going back anytime soon.
CMS Clarifies Which Doors Must Be Inspected Annually
After pushback, federal officials backed away from their claim that smoke barrier doors must be inspected and tested annually.
CBO: Killing Cost-Sharing Subsidies Would Hike Silver Plan Premiums And Deficit
Health insurance premiums for silver plans would soar by an average of 20 percent next year and the federal deficit would rise by $194 billion over the next decade.