More Hospitals Sue HHS Over Outpatient Site-Neutral Payments
Published: Wed, 01/30/19
More Hospitals Sue HHS Over Outpatient Site-Neutral Payments Thirty-eight hospitals filed a lawsuit against HHS over a $380 million reduction in…
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Is the ACA (Affordable Care Act) Really Going Away?
Published: Tue, 01/29/19
Is the ACA (Affordable Care Act) Really Going Away? As you have probably heard by now, a federal judge in Te as, U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor, on…
Building a Better Electronic Health Record No Easy Task
Published: Mon, 01/28/19
Building a Better Electronic Health Record No Easy Task On morning rounds in the critical care unit, the post-call resident starts to present a…
2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Is HPI No Longer a Clinical Component?
Published: Sat, 01/26/19
2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Is HPI No Longer a Clinical Component? Since the release by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…
ICD-10: Pitfalls of Non-compliant Queries
Published: Fri, 01/25/19
ICD-10: Pitfalls of Non-compliant Queries The underlying hallmark of clinical documentation integrity (CDI) programs is the query process utilized to…
Which medical specialties use telemedicine the most?
Published: Tue, 01/22/19
Which medical specialties use telemedicine the most? Whether an individual physician is in a practice that uses telemedicine depends greatly on if…
The challenges of developing healthcare quality measures based on ICD-10-CM Codes
Published: Sat, 01/19/19
The challenges of developing healthcare quality measures based on ICD-10-CM Codes Inappropriate outpatient antibiotic prescribing is a primary driver…
A New Year Brings New Challenges
Published: Fri, 01/18/19
A New Year Brings New Challenges The new year brings new challenges for the healthcare industry. From new payment models to updates to the Health…
Amazon moves into healthcare: A 2018 timeline
Published: Thu, 01/17/19
Amazon moves into healthcare: A 2018 timeline Amazon made headlines this year — especially as it leaped further into the healthcare arena. While there…
E&M Auditing: Defining the HPI
Published: Wed, 01/16/19
E&M Auditing: Defining the HPI The 20-year-old evaluation and management (E&M) documentation guidelines are full of different components and elements,…