In January, CMS sent the Stage 3 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to the Office of Management and Budget, which is the final stop for proposed rules that must be federally reviewed prior to their release. CMS representatives...Read More »
Quality. It’s been CMS’ mantra over the past few years.
Traditionally, the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) final rule’s release marked changes in MS-DRG assignment, creation of new ICD codes, and payment and regulatory measures.
Such items essentially vanished of late...Read More »
Even as CDI programs begin to expand their focus to areas addressed under the Value-Based Purchasing program such as the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP), two U.S....Read More »
One of the biggest documentation problem areas pertaining to patient safety indicators (PSI), particularly related to PSI 90, stems from accidental puncture and laceration (APL), says Katy Good, RN, BSN, CCDS, CCS, clinical documentation program coordinator at Flagstaff Medical...Read More »
The latest statistics for short-term acute care facilities (hospitals) with statistics through the fourth quarter of FY 2014, were recently released. PEPPER is distributed via MyQualityNet to hospital administrators and to those with a basic user account. CDI staff can work with their hospital’s...Read More »
Providers could see adjustments ranging from negative 4% to positive 12% in 2019, and from negative 9% to positive 27% in 2022 from new pay-for-performance measures. The program is designed to be budget neutral with high performers eligible for additional bonuses. In other words, providers face...Read More »
Effective documentation of the condition and the patients’ co-morbidities may help lawyers successfully defend physicians in litigation regarding decubitus ulcer cases, according...Read More »
Our present hospital policy states that our queries are not part of the medical record. We have several years’ worth of queries and we were wondering if you have a policy on what to do with those.Read More »
