Does anyone review inpatient psyche as part of their workflow? We are being asked to explore this and have done a small sample of reviews. We are finding minimal outcomes of any kind, but we do not really understand how these are paid (for Medicare). Does anyone have any experience with this...Read More »
It’s easy to complain about CMS rules, regulations, and coding guidance from the likes of the Cooperating Parties or the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Coding Clinic. Certainly, over the years we’ve seen guidance we’ve disagreed with, or believed...Read More »
In a report by the Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, and Japanese Heart Failure Society published in the...Read More »
I have a patient admitted with COVID-19 pneumonia and acute on chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia. The patient denied any chest pain. Routine chemistries revealed an elevated troponin level of 0.09; on repeat the level was 0.21 (reference range <0.10). The electrocardiogram (EKG)...Read More »
A new report written by researchers at the Urban Institute found that differences in the quality of hospitals that Black and white patients have...Read More »
Did you struggle to keep up with CMS’ constant updates to COVID-19 guidance over the past year?
HCPro’s PROPELMedicare Watchdog service spent the last year tracking all Medicare guidance changes throughout the pandemic, and now we’ve compiled this information in an easy-to-...Read More »
A study of just over 4,500 people found that Black individuals with vitamin D levels below 40 ng/mL were 2.64 times more likely to test positive for COVID-19 than those with vitamin D levels above 40...Read More »
I recently had a case where the documented diagnoses were “paraneoplastic syndrome and possible encephalitis with references to both limbic encephalopathy and herpes simplex virus (HSV).” Treatment included intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) and steroids as well as vancomycin, meropenem, and...Read More »
