Decoding Burnout – The Hidden Strain Facing Medical Coders
Coding

Decoding Burnout – The Hidden Strain Facing Medical Coders

Last week I read a research letter dealing with family physician burnout published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine.  It noted 43.5 percent of family physicians reported burnout.  Among those reporting burnout were women, those practicing in nonrural areas and providers over the age of

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Clinical Validation

Where is the OCR?

The articles describe a significant 2026 dispute over the misuse of health information exchanged by asserting a treatment purpose through Carequality. (Raths) The core allegation

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Tracking Underpayments
Clinical Documentation

Tracking Underpayments

I am not a proponent of measuring the impact of clinical documentation integrity (CDI) departments by case mix index (CMI) or complication/comorbidity capture rates (CCs/MCCs).

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Giving the Advanced Beneficiary Notice (ABN)
CMS

Giving the Advanced Beneficiary Notice (ABN)

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released updated instructions for the Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) Form CMS-R-131, extending the form’s

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