Contractors could use a little guidance from CMS to do a better job at reviewing medical records for electronic health record (EHR) problem areas. For example, clues within the progress notes, hand writing styles, and other attributes that help corroborate the authenticity of paper medical...Read More »
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles receives nearly $300 million in Medicare “outlier” payments—more than any other hospital in the country, according to a Modern Healthcare analysis of data provided under a Freedom of Information Act request published in its November 23 article...Read More »
In a statistical brief released this August, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) ranked septicemia the most expensive condition treated in the United States—in...Read More »