1. You get to read lots of magazines that have absolutely nothing to do with nursing, but are interesting when studying the US healthcare system.
This FastCompany article on Medicare fraud was very enlightening.
2. You get an international perspective from more than just your classmates on privacy issues, whether it's HIPAA or some other national protocol.
Word to staff: Don't try this one, even if she is cute.
3. Another plus: idiots exist wherever you go, just like the MD and her husband in this article.
Thank you Vince Ciotti for posting these links via HIStalk. You make being a student very interesting, indeed. Keep up the good work!
Off I go to work. More later...
Showing posts with label Medicare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Medicare. Show all posts
Monday, November 28, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Some reruns
Are just classics, so if you haven't already seen Dr. Grumpy's latest Sunday Rerun, you just better run right on over and check out this week's version about insurance companies and bureaucracy.
It makes the Govermint look tame in comparison. Who'd have thought office folks would love Medicare?
Stay tuned...I'm relaxing and enjoying the weekend while it lasts.
It makes the Govermint look tame in comparison. Who'd have thought office folks would love Medicare?
Stay tuned...I'm relaxing and enjoying the weekend while it lasts.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Heard on the unit...
"You are now part of the Saintarama service line." (corporate letter)
What does this mean? Mostly corporate mumbo jumbo that's integrating the rehab staff into the "service line" of the hospital to get better CMS funding from Medicare. Translation: none of us really know what this will mean now, but as an escaped corporate monkey, it's probably not the gift we thought Santa would bring us.
I am always suspect of nefarious things when the attached Q&A is not attached and no one can find it.
"We are under orders to keep census low due to holiday staffing issues." (administrative staff quote)
Translation: no one wants to work New Year's Eve, so can you come in for a few (maybe double shift) hours? Yes, Voldemort Staffing just keeps calling. I suspect that's what I'm going to get for Christmas...a few more calls. I'm already working too many days that week. I need a break!
BTW we would have had four admissions yesterday if we wouldn't have had an administrative issue. Think too many men and not enough shared rooms with women. We only got three assigned and only two patients had arrived by the time I left)
"Okay, I have the leg, now where's the patient?" (PT)
One of my patients needed to have his prosthesis adjusted. I got it up to the therapist and he was supposed to go up with his brother. They decided to detour to the gift shop on the way to therapy.
What does this mean? Mostly corporate mumbo jumbo that's integrating the rehab staff into the "service line" of the hospital to get better CMS funding from Medicare. Translation: none of us really know what this will mean now, but as an escaped corporate monkey, it's probably not the gift we thought Santa would bring us.
I am always suspect of nefarious things when the attached Q&A is not attached and no one can find it.
"We are under orders to keep census low due to holiday staffing issues." (administrative staff quote)
Translation: no one wants to work New Year's Eve, so can you come in for a few (maybe double shift) hours? Yes, Voldemort Staffing just keeps calling. I suspect that's what I'm going to get for Christmas...a few more calls. I'm already working too many days that week. I need a break!
BTW we would have had four admissions yesterday if we wouldn't have had an administrative issue. Think too many men and not enough shared rooms with women. We only got three assigned and only two patients had arrived by the time I left)
"Okay, I have the leg, now where's the patient?" (PT)
One of my patients needed to have his prosthesis adjusted. I got it up to the therapist and he was supposed to go up with his brother. They decided to detour to the gift shop on the way to therapy.
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