by Trey La Charité, MD
Compliance represents one of the most important yet underappreciated goals of a CDI program. While my facility’s eight-year-old CDI project did not start out with compliance as an initial objective, we were able to identify and resolve its unintentional...Read More »
CMS recently expanded the amount of data available on its Physician Compare tool, to include new quality performance data was added for group practices, Accountable Care Organizations, and, for the first time, individual providers. However the AMA expressed concerns, calling the new data “...Read More »
by Verona A. Lodholz, DC, MT(ASCP), CPC, CCDS
As you review all the numbers included in a complete blood count (CBC), are you gathering all the available information? Do you just look at the white blood count (WBC), hemoglobin (Hgb), hematocrit (Hct), H&H, and platelet count...Read More »
CMS has to explain its calculation for a negative 0.2% reduction in inpatient payment rates as a result of implementing the 2-midnight rule, according to a recent court ruling. The court also said providers should have an opportunity to comment on the calculation. Read More »
Q: We have a teenager with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and history of lupus nephritis who came into the ED with seizures. The physician admitted the patient with documentation of with status epilepticus and hypertensive urgency. The intensivists then documented hypertensive encephalopathy...Read More »
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...Read More »
by Shannon E. McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CCDS
Some interesting tidbits of information can be gleaned from the most recent release of AHA Coding Clinic for ICD- 10-CM/PCS to help coders as they work in the new code set. I never thought I’d be so eager...Read More »
Anyone who has participated in the ACDIS Conference knows that there’s a lot going on—and trust us, it’s a lot of work. But what you might not know is that the entire agenda of speakers and sessions isn’t selected by the ACDIS administration alone—we recruit a team of 12 volunteers to serve on...Read More »
