Top 10 Hospitals by Readmission Rates
April 16, 20201 min
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Rice University emergency ventilator plans now online
April 16, 20205 min
The plans for Rice University’s ApolloBVM, an open-source emergency ventilator design that could help patients in treatment for COVID-19, are now online and freely available to everyone in the world. The project first developed by students as a senior design project in 2019 has been brought up to medical grade by Rice engineers and one student, with the help of Texas Medical Center doctors. The device costs less than $300 in parts and can squeeze a common bag...
Preventing denials
April 16, 202016 min
By Catherine Lightfoot, CPA, CHBC, EEPB “I am open to money coming to me from new ways that I’ve never imagined.” This is a quote from a popular affirmation on daily calendars and the like. What if this was more than a quote on a calendar? What if this could be the new reality in your office? Additional profit need not come from extended clinic hours, contract negotiations, or adding new ancillaries. Additional profit can...
HHS adopts final rules on health information interoperability and access
April 16, 20209 min
By Allison Shelton and Beth Anne Jackson, Brown & Fortunato, P.C. Amid the flurry of government actions, announcements, and other efforts to address the threat of COVID-19, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released two final rules that will significantly impact the health care industry. On March 9, 2020, the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued companion...
Nursing home operator can be liable for sexual harassment according to Federal Appeals Court
April 16, 202012 min
By Brian London, J.D., Fisher Phillips, Associate The vast majority of sexual harassment lawsuits involve the actions of another employee or supervisor. “But not always,” as the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently noted in a case that is drawing attention from healthcare employers. The Gardner Case In Gardner v. CLC of Pascagoula, L.L.C., the plaintiff, Kymberli Gardner, worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant at an assisted living facility in Mississippi operated by CLC.[1] ...
Protecting those who protect us
April 16, 20206 min
By Ted Shaw, President/CEO, Texas Hospital Association The word hero means something different for everyone. Some may think of fictional characters like Superman. Other, real life heroes may come to mind, such as military personnel and professional athletes. Today, when people think of heroes, they should think of the nearly 400,000 Texans who are on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19. Our brave health care workers do not wear capes, they wear scrubs and...
Integrating calmness and peace
April 16, 20209 min
By Victor S. Sierpina, MD As I am engaged in telehealth visits with patients and interactions with students and residents, there is an undercurrent of anxiety. What last month was a stressful job, is now the stress of being out of one. Concerns about children and family have been expanded to concerns about public and personal health and safety in a pandemic. I have also rediscovered the resilience of people. Talking with patients and learners,...
Majority of patients responded in CAR T-cell trial for mantle cell lymphoma
April 16, 20204 min
A one-year follow-up study led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center revealed a majority of patients with mantle cell lymphoma resistant to prior therapies may benefit from treatment with CD19-targeting chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy. The multi-center, 20-site, Phase II ZUMA-2 study reported that 93% of patients responded to the CAR T-cell therapy KTE-X19, with 67% achieving a complete response. At a median one year-follow up, 57% of patients were in complete remission, and...
MJH News April 2020 Digital Edition
April 16, 20205 min
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