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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 had wide sweeping implications, a number for healthcare.  The act often referred to as “the Stimulus” had three immediate goals: create and save jobs, spur economic activity, and foster unprecedented levels of accountability and transparency in recovery spending. The act authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid  Continue Reading »

A good risk management program for healthcare facilities includes agreements that carefully address the coordinated care and services provided to patients by outside vendors or agencies.  Healthcare facilities that contract with outside staffing agencies, therapy companies, home health agencies, hospice, dialysis services, or other vendors may want to create a checklist for agreements to address  Continue Reading »

Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities (IDTF’s) have been in existence since 1998. They are located all over the country, however patients may not know what makes them different than a physician’s office. While Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities may be owned by physicians, they are independent of a physician office or hospital. Typically the biggest difference is  Continue Reading »

Your correctional client has a suit where the inmate is filing a medical malpractice allegation as well as a civil rights violation for “deliberate indifference.”  First of all, what is this deliberate indifference stuff?  Are you telling me that I have to provide coverage for my clients for deliberate acts against inmates?  Well, actually yes….  Continue Reading »

Imaging exams have led to improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of many types of medical conditions, however, the radiation from these exams may elevate a patient’s lifetime risk for developing cancer.  The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services recently released a white paper to address the need for a balanced public health approach  Continue Reading »