CMS has issued a final rule that is part of a broader effort to address suspicious billing activity in Accountable Care Organizations’ financial reconciliation. 1. A proposal in the 2025 physician fee ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule (PDF) Tuesday to limit the impact of fraudulent billing activity on the finances of accountable care organizations. Mirroring its ...

An antibiotic catheter lock containing gentamicin in sodium citrate can decrease the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections in patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD), researchers ...

Fifteen days after 16-day-old Tristan Justice underwent a life-saving procedure to help his malfunctioning lungs, his grandmother Renee Justice, left, neonatologist Dr. Hubert Ballard and mom Kelli ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Of 1,196 tunneled catheters placed in nephrology services that use antibiotics, four resulted in bloodstream ...

BEHALF. NOW, CATHETERS ARE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. REPORTER IF THE OLD ADAGE TIME IS MONEY IS TRUE, THAT WAS THE WORST ONE TO SEE THAT AMOUNT. THEN LET THE MEDICARE STATEMENTS STACKED ON BARB ...

Phlebitis and infiltration are complications due to intravenous (IV) therapy. They can cause swelling, pain, and changes in the skin around the IV insertion site. Treatment typically resolves symptoms ...

The management of many medical and surgical conditions often involves long-term infusion of intravenous fluids, broad-spectrum antibiotics, chemotherapeutic agents for cancer, critical care therapies, ...