The federal government could delay implementation of the physician payment reforms under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA...Read More »
Healthcare reimbursement is changing; both CMS and private payers are working toward payment methodologies that reflect quality of care versus...Read More »
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Kim Charland, BA, RHIT, CCS; Rachel Mack, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDIP
Recent headlines continue to report that most hospitals will face some sort of Medicare penalty for excessive hospital readmissions, with a potential combined loss of $420 million in the fourth year of the Value-Based...
Richard Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS
CDI programs often do not have a road map, or an operational plan, to guide and focus activities and assess goals, processes, and outcomes. They also struggle to integrate physician champions in order to make effective use of their time and to engage...
Robert McKinney, MD; Diana Ortiz, RN
Oschner Health System expanded its inpatient CDI program to the ambulatory setting in June 2015. Learn how it established a physician-led organizational structure for ambulatory CDI and implemented a training and onboarding plan for ambulatory...
