If at all possible, CDI programs should review all hospitalizations in a facility for documentation improvement opportunities. And all charts...Read More »
Q: If a patient is in a three-tiered DRG, but has a three-day length of stay (LOS), is it correct that the next review need not occur till...Read More »
Healthcare in America is in flux. Although tabled on Friday, March 24, the proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA) – the attempted replacement...Read More »
Probably the most onerous duty physicians have is the preparation of the inpatient discharge summary, especially after a long or complicated...Read More »
Q: If a consulting physician documents a diagnosis related to his or her specialty but the attending does not (instead simply documenting...Read More »
During its four-year existence, the National Quality Forum’s Measure Applications Partnership (NQFMAP) repeatedly suggested adding new measures or...Read More »
