Download or read book Improving Healthcare Quality in Europe Characteristics Effectiveness and Implementation of Different Strategies written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, developed by the Observatory together with OECD, provides an overall conceptual framework for understanding and applying strategies aimed at improving quality of care. Crucially, it summarizes available evidence on different quality strategies and provides recommendations for their implementation. This book is intended to help policy-makers to understand concepts of quality and to support them to evaluate single strategies and combinations of strategies.
Download or read book Dietary Supplements written by United States. Federal Trade Commission. Bureau of Consumer Protection and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Complete Healthcare Compliance Manual 2021 written by and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Compliance Guide for the Medical Practice written by Patricia A. Trites and published by Amer Medical Assn. This book was released on 2006-08-31 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Information and advice on creating a compliance program for a medical practice that safeguards the practice from financial and legal risk"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book AHLA Health Care Compliance Legal Issues Manual Non members written by American Health Lawyers Association and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authored by experts with years of health care compliance experience, this new edition integrates changes in regulation, trends in enforcement, and the reasoning of the courts to help you navigate emerging and unsettled areas of compliance risk, such as self-disclosure obligations, risks associated with opioid use, and the impact of statistical sampling.Highlights of this edition include:All new glossary of health care compliance terms, including key statutes, acronyms, governing agencies, and moreExpanded civil monetary penalty and exclusion authorities under 2017 final rulesDiscussion of core elements of compliance programs for Medicare Advantage Plans and Part D Plans as established by federal regulationsExpanded whistleblower protections under federal and state law, false claims based on lack of medical necessity, materiality after Escobar, and recent enforcement activityExpanded discussion of determinations of medical necessity, CMS review of medical necessity terminations, consequences, and appeals processesRecent health information privacy and security developments, including new guidance, risks associated with innovative technologies, and trends in Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) enforcement activityNew chapters:Chapter 1, Glossary of Key TermsChapter 10, The Relationship between Enforcement and ComplianceChapter 17, Health Care Civil Rights and Nondiscrimination Under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care ActChapter 19, Behavioral Health
Download or read book Clinical Practice Guidelines We Can Trust written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-06-16 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in medical, biomedical and health services research have reduced the level of uncertainty in clinical practice. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) complement this progress by establishing standards of care backed by strong scientific evidence. CPGs are statements that include recommendations intended to optimize patient care. These statements are informed by a systematic review of evidence and an assessment of the benefits and costs of alternative care options. Clinical Practice Guidelines We Can Trust examines the current state of clinical practice guidelines and how they can be improved to enhance healthcare quality and patient outcomes. Clinical practice guidelines now are ubiquitous in our healthcare system. The Guidelines International Network (GIN) database currently lists more than 3,700 guidelines from 39 countries. Developing guidelines presents a number of challenges including lack of transparent methodological practices, difficulty reconciling conflicting guidelines, and conflicts of interest. Clinical Practice Guidelines We Can Trust explores questions surrounding the quality of CPG development processes and the establishment of standards. It proposes eight standards for developing trustworthy clinical practice guidelines emphasizing transparency; management of conflict of interest ; systematic review-guideline development intersection; establishing evidence foundations for and rating strength of guideline recommendations; articulation of recommendations; external review; and updating. Clinical Practice Guidelines We Can Trust shows how clinical practice guidelines can enhance clinician and patient decision-making by translating complex scientific research findings into recommendations for clinical practice that are relevant to the individual patient encounter, instead of implementing a one size fits all approach to patient care. This book contains information directly related to the work of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), as well as various Congressional staff and policymakers. It is a vital resource for medical specialty societies, disease advocacy groups, health professionals, private and international organizations that develop or use clinical practice guidelines, consumers, clinicians, and payers.
Download or read book The Health Care Compliance Professional s Manual written by Hcca and published by Aspen Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Health Care Compliance Professional's Manual gives you all the tools you need to plan and execute a customized compliance program that meets federal standards. It walks you through the entire process, start to finish, showing you how to draft compliance policies, build a strong compliance infrastructure in your organization, document your efforts, apply self-assessment techniques, create an effective education program, pinpoint areas of risk, conduct internal probes and much more. The Health Care Compliance Professional's Manual is used by the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) as the basic text for its Compliance Academy - the program that prepares compliance professionals for the CHC (Certificate in Healthcare Compliance) certification exam. The Health Care Compliance Professional's Manual will help you to: Use OIG publications and Federal Sentencing Guidelines to help plan and execute a customized compliance strategy that meets tough federal standards Perform risk assessment to pinpoint areas within your company that pose compliance and operational risks Draft compliance policies that form the foundation for a strong compliance program Build a strong infrastructure for compliance to work, including hiring the right personnel Create an effective education and training program that instills in employees the value of legal compliance Conduct internal probes that uncover legal violations before the federal government does - and mitigate possible penalties Stay up-to-date on all the latest legal and regulatory requirements affecting your facility, including HIPAA, EMTALA, fraud and abuse reimbursement, privacy, security, patient safety and much more! Packed with tools to make your job easier, The Health Care Compliance Professional's Manual will provide: Practical coverage of federal and state laws governing your facility Document efforts and apply self assessment techniques Insight into helpful federal standards on effective compliance programs Step-by-step guidance on implementing a sound compliance program Time-saving sample compliance policies, forms, checklists, and chart The Health Care Compliance Professional's Manual will protect your company if violations do occur: Learn how to apply auditing, monitoring, and self-assessment techniques Discover how to successfully follow the OIG's voluntary disclosure program to resolve overpayment problems and avoid exclusion from Medicare Find out how to enter into a corporate integrity agreement to settle with the federal government and mitigate FCA-related penalties Document your compliance efforts so you leave a protective paper trail that shields you from liability And much more
Download or read book HIPAA written by June M. Sullivan and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2004 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise, practical guide helps the advocate understand the sometimes dense rules in advising patients, physicians, and hospitals, and in litigating HIPAA-related issues.
Download or read book Guide to Clinical Trials written by Bert Spilker and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Managing Relationships with Industry written by Steven C. Schachter and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable resource for doctors, community hospitals, and group practices struggling to understand the law and ethical standards on interactions with pharmaceutical and device companies, this title is the first summary of the law and ethics on physician relationships with industry.
Download or read book Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Compliance Manual written by Ela Bochenek and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A robust compliance program is essential to protecting a company from running afoul of the myriad laws and regulations that have been enacted to combat fraud and waste. The second edition of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Compliance Manual includes guidance to help companies develop a compliance program tailored to today's complex enforcement and business environment. Study of this Manual will enable compliance professionals and lawyers to understand the government's expectations of an effective compliance program and ethical business practices, as well as: how the government discovers potential enforcement actions, its approach to pursuing such actions, what behaviors can constitute mitigating factors for a company in the event of a legal violation. Coverage includes new chapters covering:Pharmaceutical industry interactions with patient organizations Compliance 2.0: compliance analytics in the era of big dataThe art and science of health care compliance in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries The Manual will be a great tool for health and life sciences attorneys, compliance officers, and others in the pharmaceutical and medical devices industry
Download or read book Health Professions Education written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-07-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Institute of Medicine study Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001) recommended that an interdisciplinary summit be held to further reform of health professions education in order to enhance quality and patient safety. Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality is the follow up to that summit, held in June 2002, where 150 participants across disciplines and occupations developed ideas about how to integrate a core set of competencies into health professions education. These core competencies include patient-centered care, interdisciplinary teams, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and informatics. This book recommends a mix of approaches to health education improvement, including those related to oversight processes, the training environment, research, public reporting, and leadership. Educators, administrators, and health professionals can use this book to help achieve an approach to education that better prepares clinicians to meet both the needs of patients and the requirements of a changing health care system.
Download or read book The Compliance Guide to the JCAHO Medical Staff Standards written by Kathy Matzka and published by HC Pro, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its fifth edition, this book features completely updated information, tools, and insights that will help in understanding and preparing medical staff for survey under the new 2007 standards. with the Compliance Guide to the JCAHO Medical Staff Standards, Fifth Edition in your library, you'll save hours rifling through hundreds of pages of documents, trying to decipher ways to comply. All the standards that relate to you and all the procedures you need to implement are consolidated into this one convenient, easy-to-understand resource.
Download or read book Hipaa Demystified written by Lorna Hecker and published by Loger Press. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vital resource offers mental and behavioral health providers clear, demystified guidance on HIPAA and HITECH regulations pertinent to practice. Many mental health providers erroneously believe that if they uphold their ethical and legal obligation to client confidentiality, they are HIPAA compliant. Others may believe that because their electronic health record provider promises HIPAA compliance, that their practice or organization is HIPAA compliant also not true. The reality is HIPAA has changed how providers conduct business, permanently, and providers need to know how to apply the regulations in daily practice. Providers now have very specific privacy requirements for managing patient information, and in our evolving digital era, HIPAA security regulations also force providers to consider all electronic aspects of their practice. HIPAA Demystified applies to anyone responsible for HIPAA compliance, ranging from sole practitioners, to agencies, to larger mental health organizations, and mental health educators. While this book is written for HIPAA covered entities and business associates, for those who fall outside of the regulations, it is important to know that privacy and security regulations reflect a new standard of care for protection of patient information for all practitioners, regardless of compliance status. Additionally, some HIPAA requirements are now being codified into state laws, including breach notification. This book s concise but comprehensive format describes HIPAA compliance in ways that are understandable and practical. Differences between traditional patient confidentiality and HIPAA privacy and security regulations are explained. Other important regulatory issues covered that are of importance of mental health providers include: Patient rights under HIPAA How HIPAA regulations define psychotherapy notes, with added federal protection Conducting a required security risk assessment and subsequent risk management strategies The interaction with HIPAA regulations and state mental health regulations Details about you may need Business Associate Agreements, and a Covered Entity s responsibility to complete due diligence on their BAs Training and documentation requirements, and the importance of sanction policies for violations of HIPAA Understanding what having a HIPAA breach means, and applicable breach notification requirements Cyber defensive strategies. HIPAA Demystified also addresses common questions mental health providers typically have about application of HIPAA to mobile devices (e.g. cell phones, laptops, flash drives), encryption requirements, social media, and Skype and other video transmissions. The book also demonstrates potential costs of failing to comply with the regulations, including financial loss, reputational damage, ethico-legal issues, and damage to the therapist-patient relationship. Readers will find this book chock full of real-life examples of individuals and organizations who ignored HIPAA, did not understand or properly implement specific requirements, failed to properly analyze the risks to their patient s private information, or intentionally skirted the law. In the quest to lower compliance risks for mental health providers HIPAA Demystified presents a concise, comprehensive guide, paving the path to HIPAA compliance for mental health providers in any setting.
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Download or read book Governance Risk and Compliance Handbook written by Anthony Tarantino and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-03-11 with total page 1123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a comprehensive framework for a sustainable governance model, and how to leverage it in competing global markets, Governance, Risk, and Compliance Handbook presents a readable overview to the political, regulatory, technical, process, and people considerations in complying with an ever more demanding regulatory environment and achievement of good corporate governance. Offering an international overview, this book features contributions from sixty-four industry experts from fifteen countries.
Download or read book Practice Management Reference Guide First Edition written by AAPC and published by AAPC. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effectively manage the business side of medicine. Profit margin, collections, cash flow, compliance, human resources, health information, efficient business processes—the broad responsibilities and complex requirements of practice management are endless. Drop one ball in the daily juggle and the fallout can be costly. There’s never enough time, which makes it tough to stay on top of regulations and best practices. That’s where AAPC’s Practice Management Reference Guide becomes vital to your organization, providing you with one-stop access to the latest and best in practice management. From office operations to financial oversight, the Practice Management Reference Guide lays out essential guidance to help you optimize efficiency, security, and profitability. Benefit from actionable steps to streamline accounts receivable. Discover how to bring in new patients and keep the ones you have happy. Leverage real-world strategies to command payer relations, recruitment, training, employee evaluations, HIPAA, MACRA, Medicare, CDI, EHR … everything you need to ensure bountiful operations in 2020 and beyond. With the Practice Management Reference Guide, you’ll gain working knowledge covering the spectrum of practice management issues, including: Negotiating favorable payer contracts Preventing an appeals backlog Remaining audit-ready Correctly applying incident-to billing rules to maximize reimbursement Using assessment tools to evaluate your risk Preparing a risk plan and know what questions to ask Knowing how and why you should implement policies and protocols Complying with state and federal patient privacy rules
