The California Department of Industrial Relations published a guideline for reducing bloodborne pathogens exposure, which includes a six-step process to control, isolate or remove the bloodborne pathogens hazard from the workplace.
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Dayton, Ohio-based CareSource, which provides managed care benefits to Medicaid beneficiaries in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, has agreed to pay $26 million to resolve allegations that it filed false Medicaid claims, according to a news release by the Department of…
The following is written by Marion K. Jenkins, PhD, FHIMSS, founder and CEO of QSE Technologies. A recent report by HITRUST (Health Information Trust Alliance, www.hitrustalliance.net), a national consortium of healthcare professionals that focuses on healthcare data security, provides…
CMS will hold a Special Open Door Forum on Feb. 10 to discuss the proposed rule for the Hospital Inpatient Value-Based Purchasing Program, according to a post on the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) website.
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has published a paper recommending mandatory influenza immunization as a condition of employment within healthcare facilities.
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Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced it has signed a new agreement with Toshiba America Medical Systems, which markets, sells, distributes and services diagnostic imaging systems, and coordinates clinical diagnostic imaging research for all modalities in the…
A. Jay Khanna, MD, MBA is an associate professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at The Johns Hopkins University and serves as the co-director of the Division of Spine Surgery at Johns Hopkins Orthopaedic Surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital.…
HealthPort recommends eight steps for hospitals to manage audits from recovery audit contractors and other outside agencies.
Heather Keidel Irwin, director of client support for SourceMedical, recently joined a small group of individuals who are employed by a technology vendor and have achieved the Certified Administrator Surgery Center (CASC) certification from the Board of Ambulatory Surgery.
Access MediQuip, a national provider of surgical implant management solutions, has announced the appointment of Prakash Patel, MD, to CEO.