Define outpatient CDI nuances

by Anny Pang Yuen, RHIA, CCS, CCDS, CDIP
As healthcare providers increasingly accept financial risk associated with patient management due to the transition from fee-for-service to riskbased/ value-based reimbursement, the traditional model of healthcare reimbursement has been flipped upside down. Many of the value-based incentives and penalties rely on quality measures reported to programs like Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR), and Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR).