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Article by Allen Frady, RN, BSN, CCS, CCDS, CRC. This article was originally published on the Journal of AHIMA on March 29, 2018 and is republished here with permission. Is documentation improvement and proper use of ICD-10-CM critical to the nation’s healthcare debate? I say definitively yes, in every way. The bulk of the information coming from…
By Rhonda Buckholtz, CPC, COPC, CPMA, CPCI, CHPSE, CRC, CDEO, CGSC, CPEDC, CENTC by ICD10 Monitor As coders, we often struggle with assigning the correct codes. There are many gray areas in the guidelines and instructional notes, and sometimes even conflicting information can be found. This leads to frustration and miscoding, which can then lead to…
By Jeff Lagasse for Healthcare Finance The usability of electronic health records may be associated with some safety events in which patients were possibly harmed, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. And while the authors did not make any specific financial revelations, clinical quality has increasingly been tied…
By Christina Farr for CNBC Tim Cook, Chief Executive Officer of Apple Inc., takes part in an education-focused event at Lane Technical College Prep High School in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., March 27, 2018. Apple wants to bring consumers’ medical information, like lab tests and immunizations, to its iPhone, and now 40 health systems have agreed…
Article by Ron Hedges. This article was originally published on the Journal of AHIMA on March 27, 2018 and is republished here with permission. Can texting get a healthcare provider in trouble? The answer to that question, like many other legal ones, is “it depends.” A recent decision, Latner v. Mt. Sinai Health System, Inc., No. 17-99-cv (2d Cir.…
By Glenn Krauss, RHIA, BBA, CCS, CCS-P, CPUR, CCDS, C-CDI, PCS, FCS, C-CDAM for ICD10 Monitor Moving beyond CDI to optimize reimbursement requires returning to an optimal and sustainable level of achievable excellence. A well-guided, thought-out, directed mission is paramount to driving and ensuring success in any professional role – and this particularly holds true…
By Les Masterson for Healthcare Dive Brief: Healthcare prices grew 2.2% in February 2018 compared to the previous February. That was the highest rate increase since January 2012, according to Altarum’s latest Health Sector Economic Indicators. Year-over-year hospital prices increased even higher at 3.8%, the highest monthly increase since November 2009. Looking back at 2017,…
By Michelle M. Wieczorek RN RHIT CPHQ for ICD10 Monitor In this article, the author examines the implications for the capture of Hierarchical Condition Codes (HCCs) in the inpatient setting. By now, most clinical documentation improvement (CDI) programs have an appreciation for the use of cases reflecting how Hierarchical Condition Codes (HCCs) impact upon quality…
By Alyssa Rege for Becker’s Hospital Review Boston-based Harvard Medical School took the top spot among U.S. News & World Report‘s “Best Medical Schools” for research for 2019. U.S. News‘ rankings for the top medical schools for research and primary care are part of the publication’s annual “2019 Best Graduate Schools” lists, which recognize the…
By Robert C. Pendleton for Harvard Business Review Some health care leaders view with trepidation the new, disruptive health care alliance formed by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase. But I’m excited because disruption is all about delivering a new level of value for consumers. If this trio can disrupt the United States’ health care…