Amanda Graybill, RN, BSN,CCDS, CDI specialist at Lewis Gale Medical Center of Salem, Virginia, is the 2,000th person to earn the Certified Clinical Documentation Specialist (CCDS) credential. A CDI specialist for three years, she comes to the profession via case management, med/surg oncology,...Read More »
Even the best of medical care has complications and consequences. Unfortunately, society has not always encouraged the medical community to be forthcoming when these things occur. While significant improvements have occurred with the institution of the “...Read More »
Despite all the uncertainty surrounding the beginning of ICD-10-CM/PCS, the Cooperating Parties (i.e., the American Hospital Association, AHIMA, CMS, and the National Center for Healthcare Statistics) nevertheless decided that the farewell issue of...Read More »
Senate Finance, House Ways and Means, and House Energy and Commerce committees combined multiple Medicare physician payment reform proposals into one bipartisan bill titled SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014, released Feb. 6.
