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Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review As the U.S. responds to a growing threat of the 2019 novel coronavirus, CMS and other organizations are clarifying how to code for testing and treatment of the disease. Six things to know: CMS created a new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System code for providers and labs testing patients…
By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review The amount of time family physicians spend working in the EHR after hours can vary widely, ranging from zero to 33 hours each month, according to a study published in the Family Medicine February 2020 journal issue. University of Arizona College of Medicine researchers analyzed EHR use of 24 family…
By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review It’s easy for physicians to identify the meaningless tasks that contribute to burnout — many of which are related to EHR use. However, few are empowered to speak up about these burdens, according to a blog post from the American Medical Association. AMA recommends healthcare organizations establish a…
By Shannon Muchmore for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: U.S. health systems invested at least $2.5 billion in programs around social determinants of health from 2017 to 2019, according to a study published Monday in Health Affairs. Researchers found that over the time period studied, 57 health systems including more than 900 hospitals developed 78 unique…
By Cheryl Ericson, RN, MS, CCDS, CDIP and Cathy Farraher, RN, MBA, CCM, CCDS for ACDIS CDI Blog Clinical validation is a process in which diagnoses already written in the chart are reviewed by a clinical documentation specialist to ensure the corresponding clinical indicators and treatment exist alongside them, thereby “validating” the diagnoses. It is…
By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics will add a new diagnosis code for vaping-related illnesses to ICD-10 on April 1, reports AHA News. CMS updated its software for inpatient prospective payment system claims to accommodate the new code, U07.0. The CDC is rolling out the new diagnosis…
By Andrea Park for Becker’s Hospital Review Six days before the CDC’s Jan. 6 alert of a flulike outbreak in China, and nine days before the World Health Organization’s Jan. 9 notice, an artificial intelligence-powered platform had already detected and sent warning of the coronavirus outbreak, Wired reports. BlueDot, a global health monitoring platform based in Canada,…
By Johanne Brautigam, RN, BSN, CCDS and Mindy Davis, RHIT, CDIP, CCS, CCDS for ACDIS Blog There are a few key strategies for communication between CDI and coding. Most important, communicate to coding leadership and the coding staff that having a strong working relationship between CDI and coding is a priority. Back this statement up…
Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review Female physicians often hide unique characteristics that distinguish them from male colleagues, conforming to “an antiquated stereotype of what it means to be a physician,” Nisha Mehta, MD, a radiologist in Charlotte, N.C., wrote in an op-ed for Medscape. Dr. Mehta outlined numerous examples of what this looks like…
By Shannon Muchmore for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: In the first two years diagnostic codes specific to social determinants of health were available in Medicare fee-for-service claims, they were used for only 1.4% of the total beneficiary population, according to a new report from CMS. Use of the Z codes, first implemented for Medicare FFS…