“Surprise bills” for health services can be devastating
Lee Patrick2019-03-22T20:09:03-04:00Want to know the latest news regarding eliminating “surprise bills”? Read more here.
New Federal Legislation Limiting Surprise Medical Bills
Lee Patrick2018-10-14T15:48:23-04:00Did you know that 1 in 5 emergency department visits involved care from an out-of-network physician? Surprise medical bills occur when providers are not in the insured’s network although the healthcare delivery system participates. A draft senate bill propose to protect patients in both insured and self-insured plans from these surprise out-of-network bills. Read [...]
Online Tool Provides Inventory of Measures for Use With All Payer Claims Database
Lee Patrick2017-11-07T17:32:25-05:00A new online inventory from AHRQ provides access to more than 300 health care costs, utilization and quality measures. Based on a literature review and environmental scan, the sortable inventory is intended to augment the use of all-payer claims databases (APCDs), which are large State databases of medical, pharmacy and dental claims, as well as [...]
SHCRM NJ Annual Fall Education Program
Lee Patrick2017-10-05T20:23:14-04:00TOPICS & OBJECTIVES “Working with the Invisible Contributor to Communication Break-down” Geri Amori, PhD, ARM, CPHRM, DFASHRM, is Vice President, Academic Affairs for Coverys Discuss the source of the fear reaction and its impact on thought processes; Describe a model for approaching difficult communication that uses fear-identification as a means to note “touch” points; Apply [...]