A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association found that using population health data could help identify patients with a high...Read More »
As part of the fiscal year 2019 IPPS final rule, CMS required hospitals to publish their lists of retail charges for individual services and DRGs in online spreadsheets starting...Read More »
Keeping up with evolving CDI and coding expectations can be a challenge, especially in the wake of the holiday hubbub. Start 2019 off in the know with this free webinar covering key highlights from the fourth quarter 2018 edition of Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS.Read More »
Let’s take a moment to talk about unspecified pneumonia validation. In certain circumstances a pneumonia can be validated even in the absence of a chest x-ray revealing an acute pulmonary infiltrate, for example, it may be absent on admission in...Read More »
Every year the Chapter Advisory Board reviews the local chapter agreement form to ensure compliance with best practices and update the document with benefits for leadership and local chapter members. While there were only minor changes to this year, local chapter leaders must review, sign, and...Read More »
CDI is often called the bridge between the coding and clinical worlds, but many other avenues for interdepartmental collaboration also exist. The January/February edition of...Read More »