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  Opinion: One-hour Rule Litigation -- National Assoc. of Psychiatric Health Systems, AHA, et. al. v. Donna Shalala, Sept. 14, 2000
  
  Program: Weekly Business Drivers Operating Improvement Process
  
  Editorial from AHA News: What Hospitals Need to Know About Recent Changes to False Claims Act
  
  The Problem Carolina Medical Center-Mercy worked on patient throughput in its ED, while developing and sustaing 5-star patient satisfaction ratings and keeping length of staff under 2.5 hours. Coninuing projects improved flow during rapidly increasing volume loads, as well as the management of…