DCS Healthcare, the recovery audit contractor for Region A, posted the following CMS-approved audit issues on February 9-11.
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In reference to President Obama’s FY 2012 budget, Health Industry Group Purchasing Association President Curtis Rooney says group purchasing organizations will be key in helping achieve cost containment and savings for American hospitals, Medicare, Medicaid programs and American taxpayers, according…
To ensure its physicians and staff members in its ambulatory surgery centers follow proper hand hygiene guidelines, the Laser Spine Institute developed a hand hygiene observation record to track adherence to the hand rubbing and hand washing rules.
Patient alarms, meant to alert healthcare professionals of a crisis, sometimes go ignored and at times have led to patient deaths, according to a Boston Globe news report.
Researchers suggest that patients taking isotretinoin are at much higher risk of inflammatory bowel disease, according to a study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
FDA Draft Guidance: Recommended Warning for Surgeon's and Patient Examination Gloves That Use Powder
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has drafted a guidance document which recommends the use of a warning statement on labels for powdered medical gloves, specifically surgeon's gloves and patient examination gloves, according to the FDA and a report from…
Researchers found balanced propofol sedation, consisting of propofol in combination with midazolam and meperidine, resulted in improved provider and patient satisfaction over conventional sedation while displaying similar adverse events after GI therapeutic procedures, according to a study published in Gastrointestinal…
Frederic Gerges, MD, has recently been appointed as director of St. Elizabeth’s Pain Management Center in Boston, according to a Lexington Minuteman news report.
The Florida Department of Health has ordered an Orlando, Fla. pain management clinic, A Stop Pain Management, to be shut down after department officials found that the clinic violated state business statutes, according to an Orlando Sentinel news report.
Researchers from Denver Health and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center sought to compare whether there was a significant difference in the degree of bacterial contamination of physicians’ white coats and short-sleeved uniforms, according to a study published in…