The new federal fiscal year (FY) begins on Oct. 1, this coming Sunday. In preparation, I thought that I would review my top 10 activities
Following my recent talks about Z-code capture and the value of reviewing case management documentation, I thought I would spend some time today focusing on
To help improve the collection of the social determinants of health (SDoH) Z codes, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Minority
Last week I talked about the greater integration needed between clinical documentation integrity (CDI) and utilization review (UR), and with the nudge of Laurie Johnson,
As reported back in April 2023 regarding the proposed ruling on social determinants of health (SDoH) Z-codes, I would like to update and celebrate the
Non-compliance in healthcare typically means a patient who intentionally refuses to take prescribed medication or does not follow treatment recommendations. This term is often used
We use the code-over-code approach recommended by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) publication Benchmarking to Improve Coding Accuracy and Productivity published in 2009.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article marks the second installment in a two-part series centering on the CMS Physician Fee Schedule proposed ruling, as it pertains to
I thought it would be helpful to discuss over the next couple of weeks the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for the 2024 calendar year
This week, STAT News published an interesting series on a report released in 2003 by the National Academies Press, titled Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and
Let’s begin by defining the two key elements of this topic. Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), as established by the World Health Organization, are the
There are several new adjustments to the SDoH codes Z55- Z65 in the 2024 ICD-10-CM that are worth reporting. I am going to focus
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