CMS will not conduct post-payment patient status reviews for admission dated October 1, 2013 through March 31, 2014—a three-month delay from previous recommendations, the AHA News Now reported this week.Read More »
Coder productivity was a hot topic of conversation during the AHIMA pre-conference in Atlanta October 26-27. We all know coders will be less productive initially after the transition to ICD-10. The question is how much less productive?
Different speakers offered different opinions,...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 »
