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The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense accused Baltimore-based Kernan Hospital, a part of the University of...Read More »

By Jennifer Avery, CCS, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-I

Based on overall satisfaction, CMS contractors received a mean score of 3.77 out of a maximum possible score of five,...Read More »

The American Health Information Management celebrated the induction of its new chief executive...Read More »

Case management departments across the country celebrate National Case Management Week October 9 to October 15....Read More »

On September 14, CMS released its Medicaid recovery audit contractor (RAC) final...Read More »

Being described as "worse" in a CMS HospitalCompare data file is a dubious distinction. 

To make up a gap in expected overpayment collections Recovery Audit Contractors may escalate audit activities in the coming months,...Read More »

“CMS faces challenges incorporating resource use and quality measures for physician feedback reports that are meaningful, actionable, and reliable...Read More »

Trying to convince physicians that good documentation has “something in it for them” is a battle that CDI specialists fight each day. But a new...Read More »