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By Dani Gordon for Becker’s Hospital Review Here are the 100 largest hospitals in the United States, listed by number of beds. Note: Data was accessed August 4. The hospital bed counts reported include all medical/surgical and special care beds in children’s, critical access and short-term acute care facilities as reported to CMS by the…
From the University of Michigan on ScienceDaily Many of the nation’s hospitals struggled to meet a federally mandated electronic health records deadline, and as a result could collectively face millions of dollars in reduced Medicare payments this year, a University of Michigan study shows. More than half of U.S. hospitals were on the hook to…
By: Bonnie S. Cassidy, MPA, RHIA, FAHIMA, FHIMSS, for ICD10 monitor As you prepare for the newly announced Oct. 1, 2015, ICD-10 compliance date, now is the time to evaluate and redefine your clinical documentation value chain. A value chain is a series of activities that are performed in order to deliver a valuable product…
By John DeGaspari for Healthcare Informatics Two healthcare leaders share strategies for clinical documentation improvement at AHIMA CDI Summit There is significant value in Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) in and of itself, according to Sue Bowman, senior director, coding policy and compliance at the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and Nelly Leon-Chisen, director of…
BY Christina Farr, for Reuters.com (Reuters) – Apple Inc has been discussing how its “HealthKit” service will work with health providers at Mount Sinai, the Cleveland Clinic and Johns Hopkins as well as with Allscripts, a competitor to electronic health records provider Epic Systems, people familiar with the discussions said. While the talks may not…
By Shannon Pettypiece and Jordan Robertson for BloombergBusinessweek Imagine getting a call from your doctor if you let your gym membership lapse, make a habit of buying candy bars at the checkout counter, or begin shopping at plus-size clothing stores. For patients of Carolinas HealthCare System, which operates the largest group of medical centers in…
By Kimberly Leonard for usnews.com Some hospitals are more expert than others in caring for patients with life-threatening or rare conditions. And people facing such health challenges need every bit of help they can get. That’s why U.S. News & World Report has published annual rankings of the nation’s Best Hospitals for the last quarter-century.…
By Jonathan Easley for Morning Consult Since 2009, the federal government has used its enormous influence to push the health industry to coordinate care, adopt new technologies and cut costs, all in an attempt to move the industry toward a more value-based model of care. But representatives from a broad swath of the health economy – providers,…
By Gabriel Perna for healthcare-informatics.com Last December, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) painted an ugly picture of fraudulent use of electronic health records (EHRs) by hospitals and healthcare provider settings. HHS OIG said that a good chunk of provider organizations they studied were not protecting patient data from potential misuse…
By Jennifer Bresnick for ehrintelligence.com Despite the extra year of prep time granted by the ICD-10 delay, a significant number of providers remain worried about how they will meet the demands of the transition to the new code set, now slated for October 1, 2015, and how ICD-10 will impact their practices in the aftermath.…