COVID-19-related inpatient deaths doubled at hospitals hit hard by surging caseloads during the pandemic, a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) study shows.
In a retrospective cohort study published in ...Read More »
The fiscal year 2022 ICD-10-CM codes have been released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and effective starting October 1, 2022. Still pending release are the 2022 Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting...Read More »
Epic claims its sepsis prediction model sorts patients’ sepsis risk correctly 76% of the time, however, a study published in the...Read More »
In a review of 100 claims, an OIG audit of Northwest Hospice, LLC (NW Hospice), found 19 did not support the beneficiary’s terminal prognosis resulting in an extrapolated $3.9 million in unallowable...Read More »
The United States could see a physician shortage of between 37,800 and 124,000 doctors by the year 2034, according to the latest projections from the Association of...Read More »
The U.S. News & World Report released its annual Best Children’s Hospitals rankings...Read More »
A whistleblower lawsuit filed by Integra Med Analytics, LLC against a New York-based group of...Read More »
Research published in Health Affairs found a 35% reduction in emergency...Read More »