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With spring comes rain, flowers, singing birds, new life and the year’s first edition of American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Coding Clinic...Read More »
Social determinants of health and exposure to social risk (e.g., financial strain, housing instability, food insecurity) generally may be linked to poor clinical outcomes, as well as a higher association with emergency department and/or hospitalization visits, a new study suggests.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has rescinded information on health equity for state Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), according to a new CMS memo released...Read More »
Instances of depression and anxiety were found to be “significantly higher” in patients with chronic pain than those without, according to a new study cited in Medscape...Read More »
Q: Consider a patient who received a hysterectomy two days ago and was later admitted for severe acute abdominal pain around the surgical wound. When the wound was reopened, it was discovered that an instrument had been left in her body. The instrument was removed, and the wound was...Read More »
