The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense accused Baltimore-based Kernan Hospital, a part of the University of Maryland Medical System, of inappropriately billing “protein malnutrition” as “kwashiorkor”—a $1.6 million potential error that could ultimately cost the...Read More »
Patients cared for in facilities which HealthGrades deems as five-star have 73% less risk of dying than patients seen in one-star hospitals, according to a new report titled...Read More »
CMS recently updated its Medicare Severity (MS) Grouper with Medicare Code Editor (MCE) ICD-10 R1 Pilot Software and its ICD-10 MS-DRG RI Definitions Manual. Further information is available on the CMS website at http://...Read More »
Since Emory Healthcare Inc., is a teaching hospital, Bonnie I. Epps, MN, RN, manager of its CDI department in Atlanta has the luxury of catching physicians early, before they begin their residencies. Although it took some time to secure necessary approval and develop the material, each...Read More »
We’re in the final stages of choosing speakers and sessions for the 5th Annual ACDIS National Conference, to be held May 10-11, 2012 in San Diego. But signups are underway for our exhibit hall.
In April, 26 exhibitors from all avenues of the healthcare industry—including...Read More »
As an AHIMA ICD-10 certified trainer, I have been doing a lot of work on various ICD-10 projects. When it comes to working with the new coding system, I find myself wondering whether the first ICD-10 Coding Clinics are going to...Read More »
