Talk Ten Tuesdays is devoting the month of February to this critically important topic. It is asked to perform its signature task some 100,000
Predicting coding patterns using the HCC risk scores can be a valuable endeavor. EDITOR’S NOTE: Longtime RACmonitor contributing correspondent Frank Cohen, a senior healthcare analyst,
About 600 rural hospitals in America are at risk of closing. As part of this ongoing series of “What’s Happening to Rural Hospitals?” today’s topic
Make your documentation tell a story that makes sense to the reader. I have been talking about improving the electronic medical record and making it
New guidelines from the AMA provide the groundwork for physicians to follow in accurately capturing their medical decision-making (MDM), which includes their clinical judgment and
Coding at the intersection of the social determinants of health (SDoH). Today I will be providing some updates regarding z-codes, specifically Z59.4, Food insecurity, also
New changes are coming for reporting obstetrics. “OB (obstetrics) CDI (clinical documentation integrity) will never be the same,” according to Dr. James S. Kennedy, president
CMS is eliciting comments on MA plans abusing basic Medicare benefits. EDITOR’S NOTE: Patients and healthcare providers can present their personal experiences, devoid of personal
Credentialing physicians is seen as essential to ensure proper billing and reimbursement. As a healthcare provider or practice, you must ensure that your physicians are
In a recent statement from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, she expressed support for the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s)
Update your facility-specific guidelines accordingly for 2023. Although the new calendar year is not the beginning of the federal fiscal year, there are coding classifications
New workflow manages DRG mismatches. Last week on Talk Ten Tuesdays, Lidiya Ter-Markarova, CEO of Innova Revenue Group, discussed a new process that reduces the
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