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1. Four Mass. Hospitals Investigate Trashing Of Patient Health Records, Calif. Employers Worry About Workers Using Marijuana On Job The Boston Globe: “Four Massachusetts community hospitals are investigating how thousands of patient health records, some containing Social Security numbers and sensitive medical diagnoses, ended up in a pile at a public dump....
2. Share of Cost: 91 People Charged for Fraudulently Billing Medicare $295 Million Have you heard about last week’s arrests in a historic takedown by the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) Strike Force? This takedown happened in 8 cities and has resulted in charges against 91 defendants, including doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately […]...
3. Public Reporting On Hospital Process Improvements Is Linked To Better Patient Outcomes The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services publicly reports so-called process performance at all U.S. hospitals, such as whether certain recommended treatments are given to specific types of patients. We examined whether hospital performance on key process indicators improved during the three years since this reporting began. We also studied whether or not these changes […]...
4. Developing Physician Communication Skills For Patient-Centered Care Growing enthusiasm about patient-centered medical homes, fueled by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s emphasis on improved primary care, has intensified interest in how to deliver patient-centered care. Essential to the delivery of such care are patient-centered communication skills. These skills have a positive impact on patient satisfaction, treatment adherence, and self-management. They can […]...
5. Cancellation and non-renewal of enrollment or subscription, New Dental Choice Plan An enrollment or a subscription may be cancelled or not renewed by Plan for the following reasons:  (a) Failure to pay the Membership Fee if the Subscriber has been duly notified and billed for the Fee and at least 15 days have elapsed since the date of notification. Cancellation of membership will be effective upon […]...
6. FBI Reports on Hate Crimes against People with Disabilities, Others The FBI has released 2009 statistics showing that 6,604 criminal incidents were reported as a result of bias toward a particular race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin or physical or mental disability. Hate Crime Statistics, 2009 includes data from hate crime reports submitted by law enforcement agencies throughout the nation.  The data show that 74 individuals were targets because […]...
7. Welfare and Institutions Code 14018.2 requires providers to make a good faith effort Welfare and Institutions Code 14018.2 requires providers to make a good faith effort to verify the identity of a Medi-Cal recipient by matching the recipient’s name and signature on their Medi-Cal card with a valid California driver’s license, ID card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, another type of picture identification card or other […]...
8. Washington Share of Cost, Brain Study Highlights Role Of Dopamine In Impulsive Behavior It’s a common scenario: you’re on a diet, determined to give up eating cakes, but as you pass the cake counter, all resolve disappears… Now, scientists at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL (University College London) have shed light on the brain processes that affect our will power and make us act impulsively....
9. Little Action Has Been Taken On Recommendations Aimed To Curb College Drinking Few colleges and college communities have taken steps to implement recommendations to reduce college student drinking, according to a new study released by researchers from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Alcohol consumption by U.S…...
10. UNICEF Calls African Governments To Protect Children From Violence, Exploitation And Abuse Thousands of children in Africa are experiencing violence, exploitation and abuse on a daily basis. The situation is especially stark for children living and working on the streets....
11. Employers Still Excluding Large Groups of People from Jobs Based on Race, Sex, Age & Disability Experts testified at a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) meeting that employers nationwide continue to discriminate against job seekers based on their race, sex, age, national origin, disability or other prohibited bases. An EEOC trial attorney described the case of two deaf applicants who were denied employment by Walmart because they were deaf. The public can submit written comments by mail […]...
12. County Welfare Department Generally Determines SOC Amount Generally, a subscriber’s SOC is determined by the county welfare department and is based on the amount of income a subscriber receives in excess of “maintenance need” levels.  Medi-Cal rules require that subscribers pay income in excess of their “maintenance need” level toward their own medical bills before Medi-Cal begins to pay....