Last night, I stopped to pick up a few things at Staples. At the checkout counter, the clerk ran into a couple of challenges. None of these interruptions in my checkout experience were this individual’s fault and she handled them while keeping a shy smile and...Read More »
The OIG has been conducting a series of studies about adverse events (patient harm) in various healthcare settings since 2008 and will be publishing more of its corresponding reports throughout 2019.Read More »
Q:I’ve been told that a patient with the documentation of “traumatic cerebral edema with loss of consciousness of 18 hours and GCS—eyes open to sound,” should be assigned to HCC 166. But I keep coming up with two possible HCCs...Read More »
The 2019 ACDIS conference, which takes place May 20-23 at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida, is set to be a fantastic event. With six educational tracks and more than 90 speakers,...Read More »
Join founding ACDIS Advisory Board member William E. Haik, MD, FCCP, CDIP, of DRG Review, Inc., next Thursday, January 24, for an in-depth look at the 2019 CC/MCC list and get a seasoned physician’s perspective on how to query for some of the most commonly missed diagnoses.Read More »
