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Stroke care is a journey, not a single episode. Creating an effective stroke system requires a coordinated, patient-centered approach that spans the entire continuum of stroke care, from prevention and early recognition through emergency response, acute treatment, rehabilitation, recovery, and…
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- Cathie Abrahamsen, RN, MSN, Executive Director of Stroke Certification Services, DNV Healthcare
- MaryJo Barnett, RN, MSN, CRRN, Program Director of the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility, HCA Florida West Marion Hospital
- Neda Mitova-Caneva, PT, MPT, GCS, Therapy Director, West Marion IRF
Health systems process enormous volumes of protected health information every day, which makes every facility a high-value target. Most IT teams already treat encryption as a baseline defense. Fewer can prove the encryption they rely on actually works as promised.…
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Hospitals lose millions of dollars each year to decisions made before a patient is ever discharged. The most consequential is often the first: whether to classify a patient as observation or inpatient — a single choice that can alter reimbursement…
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- Adam Milne, SVP of Strategic Advisory Services, CorroHealth
- Kathy DeVault, MSL, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, FAHIMA, System Director of Health Information Management, Bozeman Health
- Eric Shelov, MD MBI, Associate Chief Health Informatics Officer, Inpatient, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Patricia Plair, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer – Jackson Memorial Campus, Jackson Memorial Hospital
- Pradeep V. Kadambi, MD, MBA, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Upper Valley Medical Center, Premier Health
Bring external payer data into a health system and it can look like a one-time integration project — connect, map, deliver, done. It rarely works that way. Teams must track expected files, validate incoming data, interpret payer-specific formats, reconcile claims…
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- Rob Pinataro, CEO, Health Data Innovations
- Christopher Ragsdale, Founder and Principal, Towers Advisory
- John Supra, Founder and Managing Member, Better Health Matters
- Jonathan Kaye, Founder and Executive Chairman, Health Data Innovations
Farzin Kabaei, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, did four joint replacements one week this spring. A Medicare case paid him $800 to $900. Two Blue Shield cases paid about $1,100 each. The fourth patient was covered by an insurer with which…
Federal auditors found that 13 percent of the prior authorization requests Medicare Advantage plans denied met Medicare coverage rules, care that likely should have been approved. The pressure that creates lands on the revenue cycle. This report shows how health…
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Hospital revenue loss rarely begins with a bad claim. It often begins days or weeks earlier, when a service is scheduled before authorization requirements are confirmed, documentation is incomplete or the final service no longer matches what was approved. That…
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Many of the patients walking into orthopedic and spine clinics today look different than they did 10 years ago — not just older, but more active, more informed and more demanding of a return to activity rather than simply a…
The Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences received a $1 million gift from Brenda Gullett and Robert Gullett Jr., MD, to benefit the UAMS Health Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Hospital in Springdale, Ark. The hospital’s sports medicine clinic…
Indianapolis-based Midwest Center for Joint Replacement has added three physicians and expanded its footprint with a location in Avon, Ind. The orthopedic practice added Robert Malinzak, MD, a hip and knee replacement surgeon, as well as foot and ankle specialists…
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