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		<title>&#8216;Never Events&#8217; No More: Bolton&#8217;s Top Priority is Eliminating Preventable Medical Errors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.benefitnews.com By Nancy L. Bolton            March 1, 2011 The ink is barely dry on our 2011 calendars, and here in Palm Beach County we&#8217;re already finding ourselves in the thick of a request for proposal for our self-insured health plan for 2012. Government entities live and die to ensure the competitive process is fairly offered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Put Your Hospital Bills Under a Microscope</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam V. Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jane E. Brody of The New York Times, www.nytimes.com In times like these, the last thing you need is a hospital bill that can wreck an already fragile budget. This is often the fate of elderly patients who incorrectly assume that Medicare will cover everything. Not so, as my aunt discovered early last year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoidable mistakes rise despite hospital efforts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam V. Russo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Victoria Colliver, Chronicle Staff Writer Drill bits, screws, sponges, clamps, needles, catheters, electrodes. These are some of the things accidentally left inside patients after surgery at California hospitals. These instances are referred to as &#8220;never&#8221; events, meaning they are never supposed to happen. But even though they are reported in a small percentage of surgeries, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Never Events Webinar Presentation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam V. Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to all of you who attended our webinar on Never Events.  click here to see the entire presentation.]]></description>
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		<title>SIIA Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforsubro.com/never-events/siia-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam V. Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday September 22nd, Adam V. Russo, Esq. along with Jason Davis of Global Excel Management and Stacy M. Borans, MD of Advanced Medical Strategies shared their presentation &#8221;Flaws and Disorder: Never Event Unit&#8221;at the 2009 SIIA National Educational Conference &#38; Expo in Orlando, FL.  Click here to see the entire presentation]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Neverland</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforsubro.com/never-events/welcome-to-neverland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam V. Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Jason C. Davis of SIIA, www.siia.org    Though rare, Never Events do happen. In fact, leaving a sponge behind in surgery was such a measurable occurrence that there are now surgical sponges inserted with radio chips to ensure that they are not forgotten (www.clearcount.com). After the centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TABA 2009 TPA College of Knowledge Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforsubro.com/never-events/taba-2009-tpa-college-of-knowledge-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 13:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam V. Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 19th, Adam V. Russo, Esq. spoke at the TABA 2009 TPA College of Knowledge Conference held at the Renaissance Hotel in Richardson, TX. Click  here to see Attorney Russo&#8217;s entire presentation.]]></description>
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		<title>Never Events</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam V. Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the spring 2009 issue of the Texas Association of Benefit Administrators- The Benefit, you will find Adam V. Russo&#8217;s latest article &#8220;Never Events&#8221;. click here to see Adam&#8217;s article.]]></description>
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		<title>DEVELOPMENTS IN SUBROGATION AND CLAIMS RECOVERY</title>
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		<comments>http://www.passionforsubro.com/never-events/developments-in-subrogation-and-claims-recovery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam V. Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years, The Phia Group has argued that requisite signed subrogation agreements are a mistake. Often, plan documents include language which states that if a third party may potentially be responsible for charges, the Plan will not process these charges without a signed subrogation agreement from the plan member. Often, a Plan will state that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MENTAL HEALTH PARITY ACT</title>
		<link>http://www.passionforsubro.com/never-events/mental-health-parity-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam V. Russo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (the Parity Act) was passed on October 3, 2008, and was signed into law by President Bush the same day it passed Congress. The compliance date for each health plan is the annual renewal that occurs 12 months after the [...]]]></description>
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