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Sexual Harassment Prevention for Healthcare Facilities

American Medical Compliance

Its important to ensure that policies are not just written documents but are actively enforced and integrated into workplace culture to support ongoing sexual harassment prevention efforts. Leadership commitment includes: Allocating resources for training, reporting systems, and investigations.

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Healthcare Providersā€™ Role in Preventing Fraud, Waste, and AbuseĀ 

American Medical Compliance

Here are key areas where they can make a significant impact. Accurate Documentation and Coding Accurate documentation and coding are fundamental in preventing fraud, waste, and abuse. Providers must ensure that patient records accurately reflect the services provided and that coding accurately represents these services.

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Accountability Training for Healthcare Personnel

American Medical Compliance

Accountability and Ethical Leadership Accountability in healthcare means taking responsibility for your actions, whether the outcome is positive or negative. Importance of Documentation in Healthcare Providers must document patient encounters accurately, fully, and on time.

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Healthcare Compliance for New Providers: Getting Started

American Medical Compliance

For example, CMS requires accurate and timely documentation of patient care to ensure proper billing and reimbursement. This plan should clearly define your policies and procedures regarding patient privacy, billing, documentation, and safety.

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Re-Engineering Flow in an Academic Emergency Department

ACEP Now

The hospital leadership, medical-school leadership, and ED faculty and staff partnered to engage in a radical re-engineering project they aptly named Excellence Driven. The ED leadership team also used this project to standardize how patients moved through the department to eliminate variation.

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SGEM#352: Amendment ā€“ Addressing Gender Inequities in Academic Emergency Medicine

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

She has worked in five EDs so far, and a man has filled almost every leadership position. Women are under-represented in leadership positions [1-3]. There are an insufficient number of women in current leadership positions, resulting in fewer mentors and role models for women earlier in their career.

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Association of Domestic Responsibilities With Career Satisfaction for Physician Mothers

SheMD

Unequal distribution of domestic responsibility has been documented as a factor in the underrepresentation in female physicians in leadership roles in academic medicine as well as contributing to career satisfaction. How does this apply to us?