by Advize Admin | May 20, 2022 | FWA, Healthcare
RaDonda Vaught, a former Tennessee nurse convicted of two felonies for a fatal drug error, whose trial became a rallying cry for nurses fearful of the criminalization of medical mistakes, will not be required to spend any time in prison. Davidson County...
by Advize Admin | Jul 9, 2021 | Compliance
Many of us have visited a doctor’s office. And in many circumstances our doctors visit includes a follow up correspondence of some sort. Whether it was a medical assistant contacting a patient to set up his/her next doctor’s visit, or in some cases a follow up...
by Advize Admin | Jun 20, 2019 | Healthcare
Medscape has been tracking physician burnout and suicide rates through their annual National Physician Burnout, Depression, and Suicide Report. Previous reports of physician burnout suggested that upwards of 50% of clinicians suffer from burnout or excessive...
by Advize Admin | Jun 7, 2019 | Healthcare
The Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) is the Human Rights Campaign’s national benchmarking tool used to evaluate healthcare facilities, their policies, and practices as they relate to the fair and equal treatment of LGBTQ patients, visitors, and employees. Since its...
by Advize Admin | May 30, 2019 | Healthcare, Payers
As we approach the month of June, we also begin our downward slide towards the end of HEDIS season. HEDIS season, in all its glory, stretches through about 3 calendar seasons – and requires hard work from providers, chart reviewers, and record collection companies...
by Advize Admin | May 9, 2019 | Healthcare
When it comes to paying for healthcare, Sophie’s Choice becomes Everyman’s Choice. Would you rather feed your family or get that questionable mole biopsied? These are the types of questions otherwise well-adjusted families are forced to make on a regular basis. A...
by Advize Admin | Apr 25, 2019 | Healthcare, ICD-10, Payers
UnitedHealthcare and the American Medical Association have partnered up to take the next step towards a patient-centric healthcare system. Earlier this month, the organizations announced their intent to propose a collection of 23 new ICD-10 codes associated with...
by Advize Admin | Aug 21, 2018 | Healthcare
In a 2017 survey, the Centers for Disease Control reported that 88.1% of the American population has a primary care physician or a fixed provider for medical care. Despite these impressive numbers, the United States falls behind on significant healthcare measures....
by Advize Admin | Apr 30, 2018 | Healthcare, Payers
The United States healthcare system is responsible for several crowning achievements, modern innovations, and…failures. Among those failures is the creation of helicopter patient care. You’ve heard about helicopter parenting, the overbearing, over-anxious,...
by Advize Admin | Aug 4, 2017 | Compliance, Cybersecurity
In what has been touted by industry experts as, “…the most important article no one [else] will read”, The Sedona Conference Journal has released an article diagnosing the many legal “illnesses” that plague Electronical Health Records (EHR), and the subsequent sharing...
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