A retreat is a place of privacy, safety, and security. A place where like-minded individuals can come together to withdraw from the day-to-day, to study, meditate, and learn from one another. A place to take a collective breath, let the worries of the past year pass by, and recharge both...Read More »
While vaccines are being widely distributed and the world is starting to return to some semblance of normal, local chapter leaders may still run into challenges when planning events for finding speakers. Don’t forget, if you’re experiencing speaker recruitment roadblocks there are a few ways you...Read More »
It’s Health Information Professional (HIP) Week and that makes it the perfect time to celebrate the HIM professionals in our lives! Whether your CDI team includes HIM/coding credentialed individuals or not, CDI professionals by nature of their roles interact...Read More »
A Humana health plan in Florida overcharged Medicare by nearly $200 million in 2015 by incorrectly billing for high severity hierarchical condition categories (HCC) that were not supported, according to...Read More »
ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients who are COVID-19 positive “represent a high-risk group of patients with unique demographic and clinical characteristics,” according to a study published in the Journal of...Read More »
I was wondering if anyone had experience with denials from commercial payers that goes beyond the third level of appeals. We are getting response letters that state “completion of a level 3 dispute exhausts internal administrative rights.” What are other hospital systems doing with this response...Read More »
