Your OB Coding Questions Answered
Erica Remer, MD responds to listeners questions from the Talk Ten Tuesday broadcast Jan. 30th. Since I am out of town on an empty-nesting trip
Erica Remer, MD responds to listeners questions from the Talk Ten Tuesday broadcast Jan. 30th. Since I am out of town on an empty-nesting trip
The following is a summary of two segments during the live broadcast of Talk Ten Tuesdays on Jan. 30, 2018 featuring program co-host Erica Remer,
The author’s son was a high school football star in Pennsylvania, and at Dartmouth College who suffered from CTE before he took his own life
Questions abound when reporting critical care services. Reporting Adult Critical care can be complicated. It is not only the coding but the rules and that
Chronic conditions are the driving force in determining healthcare outcomes and costs in today’s value-based world, hence the interest in the Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC)
Answers to listeners’ questions posed during last week’s edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays are provided here by the author. There is a disconnect among coders
Understanding when and how to use clinical documentation integrity internal clinical guidelines (CDI-ICGs) Clinical policies, clinical practice guidelines, best practice advice: there are numerous ways
Healthcare quality and data come from clinical documentation. Bricks and mortar are the foundation of many a structure. Clinical documentation and coding are similar, as
Unfortunately, the quality of data is driven less by opportunity and more by incentives for those creating the data. Prior to the implementation of ICD-10,
CTE is coded as postconcussional syndrome which is F07.81 January 30th is National CTE Awareness Day according to www.stopcte.org. This organization was founded by the
CDI programs are viewed by most physicians as hospital-led initiatives geared towards increasing reimbursement for the hospital.The majority of clinical documentation improvement (CDI) programs fail
Medical policies are based off of evidence-based medicine. Without proper documentation, however, most providers struggle to get services or procedures covered for patients. Exactly what
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