Q: When a provider states that the patient is admitted rule out (R/O) a myocardial infarction (MI) would the MI get coded as though it exists?Read More »
Doesn’t it burn you up when someone says that CDI programs are all about reimbursement? I can feel my face get red when I hear that statement! Of course, I remain composed, smile, and provide politically correct education to the individual. But deep...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 »
If you need evidence to support the contention that physicians shouldn’t copy and paste information about their patients’ conditions from the previous days’ description, look no further than the October 8,...Read More »
Q: The majority of the admissions I am reviewing this week are for an elderly population. It seems that they all have the same admitting diagnoses: Failure to thrive (FTT), urinary tract infection (UTI), fever, dehydration, altered mental status...Read More »
How nurses and doctors communicate—or don’t communicate—using health information technology is the focus of a multi-year study funded by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The life-and-death importance of nurse-physician...Read More »
