Medicare incorrectly paid approximately $1.7 million to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, as a result of incorrect billing on the part of the medical center.Read More »
By Sam Antonios, MD, MMM, FACP, SFHM, CPE, CCDS
Consider the story of a patient—say, a pneumonia patient—whose treatment cost a lot of money. The hospital’s reimbursement for that care, however, was less than the cost of providing it. Now say someone looked at that case and how...Read More »
When a patient comes into the hospital and, despite the medical staff’s best efforts, dies, the documentation in the record should accurately reflect how truly sick the patient was. Unfortunately, the record frequently depicts a more-or-less healthy patient who came into the hospital and then...Read More »
Most physicians don’t think value-based payment models will cut healthcare costs and improve quality of care, according to a new study by Leavitt...Read More »
You’ve probably heard the mantra that, in order to grow personally and professionally, you need to “continually improve.” This is often accompanied by the advice, “get comfortable with being uncomfortable.” These pat aphorisms are often presented as memes on...Read More »
