Government oversight and auditing with regards to documentation and coding is not new, nor is it going away. Retrospective audits and fines can't be prospectively budgeted for and can be crippling to many organizations. This is an area that should be an organized focus in CDI & coding...Read More »
According to a recent report by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), 89% of respondents said that the overall regulatory burden on their organization increased over the...Read More »
Clinicians may be able to detect and treat sepsis more quickly in the future, according to new research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The United States Centers for Disease Control and...Read More »
Two new research articles published by JAMA Network Open examine the boarding of patients in emergency departments (ED) and have noted an increase in both boarding and in the number of patients who left without being seen (LWBS). Among the worst performing hospitals, 4.3% of ED patients...Read More »
As more and more health systems and hospitals have looked to supplement clinical visits with monitoring and managing care for patients at home, remote patient monitoring (RPM) programs have grown in popularity. Medicare coverage for RPM services was already limited, but...Read More »
In its “America’s Best Employers by State” list, Forbes included 262 hospitals and health systems. This ranking was formed based on surveying about 70,000 employees working for businesses with more than 500 employees. Forbes’...Read More »
Does it ever feel like case mix index (CMI) is all some leaders care about? This metric is widely used and often badly misunderstood. For CDI professionals, it can be tough to communicate the realities of CMI and what CDI can influence—and what it cannot....Read More »
