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 ...
Among over 450 such patients, no significant difference was observed in the rate of PUR for those who received an intraoperative catheter placement versus those who did not (9.6% vs 8.5%, respectively ...
Avoiding the unnecessary use of indwelling catheters and promptly removing catheters that are no longer needed are the first steps in preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in acute ...
SAN DIEGO—The number of hospitalizations due to indwelling urinary catheters is increasing at high rates in American hospitals, researchers reported at the American Urological Association annual ...
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 ...