Quality & Regulatory

On April 14, CMS released the fiscal year 2018 IPPS...Read More »

CMS penalized more than half of hospitals participating in its Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) from fiscal year 2013 to 2017,...Read More »

by Ghazal Irfan, RHIA

Achieving compliant coding

Postoperative complication coding guidelines continue to...Read More »

Healthcare organizations need to make crucial decisions based on the perceived risk of their patient populations. To do this, organizations need a...Read More »

Day 1 of the 10^th annual ACDIS conference kicked off this morning with Sorrel King, the founder of the Josie King Foundation and the...Read More »

by Shannon Newell, RHIA, CCS

Pneumonia as a principal diagnosis

Consider the following case studies....Read More »

Q: The revenue officer at our facility says all death charts should have a CC/MCC. I do try to find missed CC/MCCs on the records as well...Read More »

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by Shannon Newell, RHIA, CCS

The selection of a principal diagnosis, secondary diagnosis, present on admission (POA) status, and...Read More »

By Jocelyn E. Murray, RN, CCDS

My CDI journey began at a level one trauma and teaching hospital in New Mexico. I accepted a...Read More »