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Georgia hospital to pay $5.08 million to settle lawsuit

The U.S. Justice Department has exacted $5.08 million from Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, GA to settle allegations it defrauded the Medicare program. The medical center, like many others, got into hot water for allegedly violating Medicare’s self-referral prohibition,...[MORE]


	Review urges aggressive MRSA screening for healthcare workers In healthcare facilities where methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is endemic, healthcare workers should be screened thoroughly to help reduce infection rates, according to research results published recently in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The authors reviewed data from ...[MORE]
	IRS asks hospitals for more specifics PHTS strategic ally Integrated Healthcare Strategies has been researching and cataloging what it believes the consequences to tax-exempt organizations will be when the new 990 reporting requirements impact the public marketplace. IHStrategies believes most organizations and their leaders, both ...[MORE]
	Canadian companies offer benefits to draw part-time workers A survey done for Employee Benefit News Canada shows most part-time workers are receiving some benefits at work. Specifically, the survey showed: Only 9% of the 259 Canadian organizations that responded to the survey don't offer benefits to part-timers. While 45% of ...[MORE]
	Consumers, sensitive to cost, are seeking health care less often Consumer-directed health plans are proving to be effective in controlling healthcare costs and that may be one reason why both employers and employees are embracing these plans. In a recent issue of Benefits Quarterly, author Alexander Domaszewicz celebrates the “new era of employee and ...[MORE]

5/15/2008
Webinar: Incorporating Your Crisis Management Plan into Your HICS System

5/30/2008
ISO for Health Care Better Practices Forum

6/12/2008
Property Risk: A Cure for Water Damage

Since its founding in 1992, Strategic Management has worked with practically every type of health care organization. The firm specializes in development, implementation, evaluation, education/training related to compliance and ethics programs. Strategic Management offers regulatory compliance advisory services relating to HIPAA compliance, Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIA), Independent Review Organization (IRO) issues, and fraud and abuse issue resolution. The firm conducts risk and vulnerability assessments, and develops policies and procedures related to compliance programs and regulatory compliance. Strategic Management has unique expertise in compliance education and training, including CBT and web-based training, and has developed tools designed to evaluate compliance efforts for effectiveness.