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By Maureen Kelly and Fred Wulf for For the Record In August, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Final Rule for fiscal year 2020’s inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) code set changes. IPPS updates take effect for discharges occurring from October 1, 2019, through September…
By Rebecca Pifer for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: Uber Health is now available on Cerner’s EHR platform, allowing U.S. providers and Cerner clients to schedule non-emergency medical transportation for their patients in the ride-hailing giant’s first EHR integration. The two companies will begin rolling out the product to select customers later this year, such as…
Maia Anderson from Becker’s Hospital Review A former bookkeeper of a medical supply company in Glastonbury, Conn., pleaded guilty Oct. 23 to embezzling $370,000 from the company and now faces up to 30 years in prison, according to the Hartford Courant. Lydia Cabrera was the bookkeeper at A2Z Home Medical Supplies and had access to…
By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review Cleveland Clinic released its Top 10 Medical Innovations list for 2020 during an Oct. 23 presentation to round out the health system’s 17th annual Medical Innovation Summit. Michael Roizen, MD, emeritus chief wellness officer at Cleveland Clinic, led a team of physicians and scientists at the health system to compile…
Laura Dyrda for Becker’s Hospital Review EHR implementation and upgrades continue to play a big role in the CIO’s responsibilities. However, CIOs are now more cognizant of the challenges for physicians and clinicians during new technology roll-out. During the Becker’s Hospital Review 5th Annual Health IT + Revenue Cycle event in Chicago on Oct. 10,…
By Samantha Liss for Healthcare Dive Health systems across the country are looking for creative ways to capture volume as non-traditional competitors threaten to steal patients away. In Washington state, Providence St. Joseph is focusing on making same-day appointments a reality. In Illinois, Advocate Aurora is using AI-powered technology that allows patients to type in…
By Selena Chavis for For the Record On what side of the clinical validation argument do HIM professionals fall? Are seasoned coding professionals competent or trained well enough to interpret clinical terms and concepts from the medical record? This question was posed on a Talk Ten Tuesdays podcast last year, and the robust response received…
By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review Healthcare is projected to add about 1.9 million new jobs and see employment in industry professions grow 14 percent between 2018 and 2028, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here is the bureau’s projected job growth in 10 healthcare professions over the period: Physician assistants –…
By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review The CDC reported 219 new cases of vaping-related illnesses this week, bringing the national case count to 1,299 as of Oct. 8. Five updates: Vaping-related illnesses have occurred in every state but Alaska. Twenty-six people have died from the illnesses in 21 states, up from 18 deaths a…
Rebecca Pifer for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: Artificial intelligence can detect diseases from medical imaging with the same accuracy as healthcare professionals, according to a systematic review of 82 articles published in The Lancet Digital Health journal Tuesday. However, AI didn’t outperform human diagnosis. In a small subset of the studies comparing AI and clinician diagnostic…