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D Burda

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PubMed1990

The search for Medicaid money.

A recent ruling from the Supreme Court has given hospitals more ammunition in their battle for Medicaid reimbursement. The ruling has bolstered pending lawsuits and has dealt hospitals a trump card in ongoing negotiations with states over Medicaid funds. But some hospitals haven't been waiting for a ruling; they're angling for federal matching funds to boost their Medicaid coffers.

Financial Management↗
PubMed1990

Questions abound as start-up nears for physician data bank.

The start-up of the National Practitioner Data Bank is only weeks away, but hospitals and physicians still are raising questions about the system's pros and cons. While most laud the data bank's original mission--to prevent practitioners from concealing a history of incompetence--many physicians claim the scope of the system has grown too big and fear abuse of the information.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1990

Conditional accreditation irks CEOs--except for one.

Administrators have been fuming at the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations over the publicity and mixed signals surrounding "conditional accreditation" of their facilities. One exec who took the news in stride was so uncharacteristic that he almost got on a commission promo video.

Accreditation↗
PubMed1990

Leadership plus re-education equals quality.

Santa Teresita Hospital stood in serious violation of 13 accreditation standards in 1987. To regain quality control, the California facility first changed leadership and information systems and then launched a push to re-educate physicians about the beefed-up quality assurance plan. It worked.

California↗