The Chapter Advisory Board invites members of local chapters and networking groups to a telephone conference networking call on Thursday, June 29, at noon, eastern.Read More »
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the Revenue Cycle Advisor. For more information about Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCCs), read ...Read More »
Editor’s note: There are more than 40 local chapters and networking groups across the country and internationally, each led by a team of dedicated volunteers. To support these volunteers the...Read More »
I recently taught a CDI Boot Camp at a large, multi-site organization, with attendees coming from CDI, HIM, and quality departments from four different sites. We began the week discussing the Official Guidelines for Coding and...Read More »
CMS changed its selection process for medical records for short-stay reviews under the 2-midnight rule. This could be problematic for some organizations, says Ronald Hirsch, MD, FACP, CHCQM, vice president at R1 Physician Advisory Services in Chicago, according to...Read More »
Any CDI specialist who’s gone through a transition from paper records to an electronic health record (EHR) system knows the new technology is far from perfect. In the latest finding, a study by the Journal of...Read More »
Freedom Health and Optimum Healthcare, two large health insurers based in Florida, are paying $32.5 million to resolve a federal and state investigation into claims they defrauded CMS by submitting risk adjustment scores that improperly inflated their Medicare Advantage reimbursement,...Read More »
