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Dude, where's our money? The number of Medicare audits has increased along with the number of denied claims, mostly for short-stay inpatient admissions. The result: the feds hold millions in UCHealth money pending appeals that can take years to resolve. >>More |
A uniform code The University of Colorado Health Board of Directors approved a system-wide Code of Conduct. Effective April 1, the document is a broad guide to ethical behavior for the system's 15,000 employees. >>More
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Not quitting her day job, but... In this month's "Campus Diary": Stephanie Brown, RN (left), loves her job as practice manager of the Pain Clinic, but she still relishes returning to her musical roots. Plus: a "pearl" of a new employee; tortoise crossings; heartstopping cardiac couture. >>More |
Uniting body and mind in a medical home For decades, medical and behavioral health care have lived in separate worlds, rarely interacting despite strong evidence that they affect one another. That's finally changing, in no small part thanks to the efforts of CU Department of Family Medicine leaders Frank deGruy, MD, and Larry Green, MD (right, with Maribel Cifuentes, RN). >>More
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FNS moves take-out meals to the front burner Food and Nutrition Services plans to open a take-out meal service in the Garden View Café sometime this summer. For staff looking for a fast lunch or dinner solution after a tough shift, the menu will feature a mix of healthy options and comfort food, says Executive Chef Phil Stinar (above). >>More |
Don't shrug at this Atlas Atlas Paul Jasinski checked into UCH's NICU seven weeks early and weighing 3 pounds. Thanks to the efforts of the NICU team, he's home and has nearly quadrupled his weight. His parents (flanking nurses Eileen O'Leary and Al Miller) were at the NICU March 28 to give the team an unusual gift as a token of their appreciation and a source of inspiration for parents enduring the same anxieties. >>More
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Pulmonary Pin-Ups In This Hospital Life: who needs cheesecake and beefcake when you can have "Lung Hunks?" Plus: "What You Read" and a naming correction. >>More |
A three-peat for the Echo Lab The fast-growing lab in the CVC is one of only two in the state accredited in three types of adult echocardiograms. Winning the accreditation required a mountain of documentation and constant attention to quality improvement. >>More |
Blowing the blues away Pulmonary patients who call themselves the Harmonicats at UCH are drawing, well, inspiration from regular sessions playing their harmonicas. >>More
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Around UCH Goings on, big and small, in and around the hospital. This issue: Badge Office to say bye-bye to Leprino; Magnet beats the deadline; change for ICD(elay)-10; flags fly for National Donate Life Month (left); more... >>More |
Dean Krugman's news The latest on what's going on at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. >> More |
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Feds to UCHealth: Bone Up on HIPAA
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After an alleged breach of patient privacy at a UCHealth hospital, the Office of Civil Rights required the system to help staff bone up on HIPAA regulations. >>More
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An Amicable Breakup
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The pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation programs have been sharing a space, an increasingly difficult arrangement with their burgeoning patient populations. But a solution favorable to both is on tap. >>Go
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Coverage Trumps ACA Politics |
Ignoring the passion stirred by supporters and opponents of the Affordable Care Act, UCHealth has focused on helping the uninsured and underinsured get health care coverage. Above: Audrey Holmes works with outpatients at UCH. >>Go |
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Palliative Care Extends Its Reach |
Neurology's Supportive and Palliative Care Clinic is one of the first in the nation to offer a wide range of interdisciplinary care to patients with debilitating movement disorders. "The disorders affect who you are as a person," says medical director Benzi Kluger, MD (above). >>Go |
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A Decision-Making Island in the ED |
The Clinical Decision Unit in the ED, which targets patients for observation of up to 23 hours, has helped to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and freed up providers for acute care. One sticking point: boarding psychiatric patients. >>Go |
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Camaraderie to Combat Cancer |
A trio of stage IV colorectal cancer patients at UCH lean on each other in their fight against the disease. >>Go |
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UCH in the News
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Pot poisoning; schooling kids on addiction; MS drug fight; daylight savings and heart attacks; more. Mentions: Elizabeth Allen; John Corboy; Michael Kosnett; Jean Kutner; Jamal Moloo; Ana Oton; Amneet Sandhu; Andrew Thorburn; Jill Wilschke. >>Go
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