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HEALTHCARE TRAINING WEEKLY
Friday, February 21, 2003
Volume 2, Number 8

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, February 21, 2003

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IN THIS ISSUE
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1. HHS: Security rule won't break the bank
2. Keep your nurses satisfied
3. Correct coding takes on new importance under PPS
4. Pay-per-view article: 'Don't let a new hire slip away'

*For the full stories, please keep scrolling.
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1. HHS: SECURITY RULE WON'T BREAK THE BANK

You're probably already doing most of the things you need to do to comply with the training requirements in new federal standards on the security of medical records, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said yesterday. "Health care providers already keep records, train their employees, and require employees to follow office policies and procedures," the agency said in the final rule released February 20.

The new rule does include a separate section on "security awareness and training," however. It describes this requirement in the following broad terms: "we require training of the workforce as reasonable and appropriate to carry out their functions in the facility." For details, download the final rule at http://www.hipaapro.com/news/hipaa_downloads.cfm

2. KEEP YOUR NURSES SATISFIED

When training employees or giving a general orientation, resist the temptation to micromanage by spelling out every last detail of every task, says Beth Klitch, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Survey Solu-tions Inc., in Columbus, OH. You want employees to use their judgment at work, not to check it at the door.

The preceding excerpt appeared in the October 2001 issue of Strategies for Nurse Managers. To purchase the whole issue or get more information, call us at 800/650-6787, or go to http://www.hcpro.com/onlinepubs/article.cfm?article=26011

3. CORRECT CODING TAKES ON NEW IMPORTANCE UNDER PPS

"The biggest problem in the [home health] industry is lack of training," particularly under the prospective payment system (PPS). This, according to Michelle Dougherty, RHIA, practice manager for the American Health Information Management Association. "Many of the people assigning codes have never used an ICD-9 book," she says, noting that they've never been trained how to use it. "They're selecting diagnoses off a list. They're not obtaining physicians' supporting documentation."

Read more about this issue in the HCPro special report, CROSS YOUR T'S AND DOT YOUR I'S: ENSURING ACCURATE AND THOROUGH DOCUMENTATION UNDER PPS. You can order this publication or get more information by calling 800/650-6787, or going to http://www.hcmarketplace.com/Prod.cfm?id=1145&s=EHTW
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4. PAY-PER-VIEW ARTICLE
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LONG-TERM CARE

'Don't let a new hire slip away'

Once you get nurses on board, how can you keep them there? The single biggest way to keep RNs on your staff is to provide them with support to run the facility the way that they see fit. If the caregivers aren't well trained, the nurses will have to handle these problems directly and are likely to get burned out.

To read the full story, go to http://www.hcpro.com/onlinepubs/article.cfm?article=26024
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