by Shannon Newell, RHIA, CCS, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer
The 30-day all cause acute myocardial infarction (AMI) mortality outcome measure has been linked to hospital payments since the inception of the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program (HVBP) in fiscal year 2013....Read More »
I’m excited to share some good news this week. Due to popular demand, ACDIS has created a new boot camp devoted to the CCDS credential. In two days, the class will prepare participants for all the areas the examination covers, how best to study for it, and even day-of-test tips to ensure you...Read More »
The end of the year and the holiday season is a time to reflect on accomplishments, and give thanks to the colleagues and friends who helped you produce good work and meet professional goals along the way. And the year 2016 will go down as a very productive one...Read More »
President-elect Donald Trump selected Republican Representative Tom Price, 62, an orthopedic surgeon from Georgia to head the Department of Health and Human Services and Seema Verma, founder of the Indiana health policy consulting firm SVC Inc., as his pick for administrator of the Centers for...Read More »
Ensuring hospital revenue integrity requires three operational pillars—clinical coding, CDI, and physician education, according to Kalispell (Montana) Regional Medical Center’s (KRMC), director of CDI services and ICD-10 project manager Christine Seager, RN, BSN, CCDS.
CMS made certain concessions from its proposed site-neutral payment policies required by Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act, but it is still moving forward with implementation January 1, 2017, according to the 2017 OPPS final rule.
In the final rule, released November 1, CMS...Read More »
CMS released its list of quality measures under consideration (MUC) in November and the National Quality Forum’s (NQF) Measure Applications Partnership (MAP) begun its annual review of the list, according to a blog post from the American Association of Professional Coders (AAPC).
