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By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review The American Medical Association and UnitedHealthcare said they are collaborating to support 20 new ICD-10 codes related to social determinants of health. The codes aim to more effectively address nonmedical issues, such as…
By Jeff Lagasse for Healthcare Finance Many facilities seem unable to adjust expenses to coincide with declining volume, posing a fundamental risk to hospitals and health systems. June was a less-than-stellar month in terms of hospital profitability. In fact, profits…
By Jessica Schmidt for Fox 19 WARREN COUNTY, OH (FOX19) – A local teenager is recovering from what medical records show was diagnosed as a flesh-eating bacteria after the teen canoed on the Little Miami River. Kayley Coletta, 16, said she and…
By Sharon Hoffman for Philly Voice A career as a physician has traditionally been considered to be among the best vocations that talented students can pursue. That may no longer be the case. All too many doctors report that they…
By Rebecca Pifer for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: Pay is rising for chief information officers and other high-level health IT executives, according to a College of Healthcare Information Management Executives survey. Top IT executives drew on average a base salary…
By John Commins for Health Leaders KEY TAKEAWAYS Diagnostic errors that led to death or permanent disability were linked with misdiagnosed cancers (37.8%), vascular events (22.8%) and infections (13.5%) — which led the researchers to refer to them as the…
By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review Routine medical practices are not always supported by sound research, according to the New York Times. NYT outlined 10 common medical myths researchers disproved in a recent published in eLife. Researchers looked at…
By Jeff Lagasse for Healthcare Finance Solutions that have been proposed to resolve the problem of surprise medical bills are a growing social risk for the healthcare industry, Moody’s Investors Service said in a new report. Unexpected bills are generally…
By Lesley Kadlec, MA, RHIA, CHDA for For the Record HIM professionals from across the country recently brought their many years of skills and expertise to Capitol Hill during AHIMA’s 2019 Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C. The Advocacy Summit is…
By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review CMS has provided ICD-10-CM coding updates for fiscal year 2020 that include 273 additions 21 deletions and 30 revisions, according to the American Health Information Management Association. The 21 deletions for the fiscal…