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Congress Introduces Safe Staffing Bill for Hospitals to Protect Nurses

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Nurses have been organizing to get federal lawmakers to pass a bill that would set minimum nurse-patient ratios for every department in every hospital in the country. The bill, known as The Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act, was authored by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in the Senate and Rep.

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Sensible Medicine

She meets her existing patients and picks up a new one, Bill. Bill is 35 and has a severe cardiomyopathy. Cara meets Bill, a man only slightly older than herself, performs a history and physical, and orders the medication: encainide. Bill had coded and died overnight. A nurse had a needlestick during the code.

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How to Streamline Your Medical Claims Management Process for Better Results 

CollaborateMD

Not if you ask billing managers. Healthcare providers and organizations have the power to improve medical billing and collections. By optimizing the medical billing workflow and integrating claims management tools and solutions, you can minimize denials, reduce processing times, and ultimately improve patient satisfaction.

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Primary care news round-up (28th November to 4th December 2024)

Practice Index

College Chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne said: “The College has been raising significant concerns about the current CQC inspection regime for a long time.” GPs to reflect on assisted dying vote GPs are to reconsider their view on “assisted dying” after MPs voted to move ahead with a bill to legalise it.

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What Is the Easiest Healthcare Certification to Get Online?

We Care Online

Why Its Easy: The coursework primarily covers administrative functions, such as scheduling, billing and record management. Why Its Simple: You can earn BLS certification in one day by taking onlinecourses and practice rounds. Its fully online and self-paced, and the bulk of programs can be accomplishedin 26 months.

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What is Automation in Healthcare? A Guide to Streamlining Operations 

CollaborateMD

Applications of automation span everything from medical billing and administrative processes to enhancing patient care through clinical decision support and real-time analytics. Automation minimizes human error in critical areas such as diagnosis coding, medical billing, and revenue cycle management (RCM).

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Only in America: Medical Debt Hits High Income and Insured People, KHN and NPR Report

Health Populi

This round of research also includes data from The Urban Institute and the JPMorgan Chase Institute. “Instead, they’ve faced thousands of dollars in bills as health insurers shifted costs onto patients through higher deductibles.” Noam Levey wrote the detailed analysis in KHN.

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