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Healthcare Providers’ Role in Preventing Fraud, Waste, and AbuseĀ 

American Medical Compliance

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) estimated that improper payments in the Medicare and Medicaid programs exceeded $100 billion from 2016 to 2023. Providers must ensure that patient records accurately reflect the services provided and that coding accurately represents these services.

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2023 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the President-Elect and Council Officer Candidates

ACEP Now

emergency department deserves access to an emergency physician no matter their zip code. From this experience, I demonstrated the leadership skills to facilitate dialogue and navigate debate when viewpoints diverge. Three take home points for what I believe. There is no substitution for the physician led team. Every patient in a U.S.

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2024 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the Board of Directors Candidates

ACEP Now

In addition to outreach, we must further develop chapter-level engagement opportunities for residents and newly graduated attendings, providing a sense of belonging to our new members, and a leadership pipeline for the chapters’ future. Retaining members requires maintaining trust and demonstrating continued value.

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ACEP Board Meeting Tackles Current Issues, Practice Trends

ACEP Now

Related to clinical policy development, the Board considered a referred 2023 Council amended resolution, regarding the creation of a clinical policy on emergency physicians’ role in the medication and procedural management of early pregnancy loss. The Public Health Committee will develop a Policy Statement on this topic.

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Interhospital Transfer Capabilities Still Pose Major Issues

ACEP Now

in 2023 will be reported at around 160 million patients. Once a patient is accepted somewhere, the facility must then begin the process of finding a transport resource, coordinating the right time of transfer with the receiving facility, and completing the required documentation. Click to enlarge. The ED volumes seen in the U.S.

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What is Twice-Exceptionality?

Pediatric Education

Discussion “Gifted individuals are those who demonstrate outstanding levels of aptitude (defined as an exceptional ability to reason and learn) or competence (documented performance or achievement in top 10% or rarer) in one or more domains.” Accessed December 11, 2023. Accessed December 11, 2023. 2022;194:107671.

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Transplant surgeons allege corruption and mismanagement in organ transplant system

PulmCCM

He claims to have extensive documentation for at least some of these claims, and that whistleblowers told him a culture of retribution at OPTN stopped them from speaking out. 39:35 Dr. Cannon: “I’ve had an OPO administrator recommend I proceed with organ procurement despite legitimate concerns that the donor was still alive.”