The American Hospital Association (AHA) is concerned about the documentation and coding reduction, changes to disproportionate share hospital (DSH...Read More »
One size does NOT fit all when it comes to health insurance. Beneficiaries range from the extremely healthy 65-year-old—the poster child for “65...Read More »
Risk adjustment requires coding and CDI professionals to work together as one team to ensure the capture of the most appropriate risk score for...Read More »
Mark Morsch, MS
For more than five years, organizations were warned that they should expect decreases in productivity due to ICD-10 unfamiliarity and documentation specificity challenges. But what do the real numbers say? This session will look at real-world results of multiple...
In this era of value-based purchasing, accurate capture of respiratory failure not only impacts accurate MS-DRG assignment, but also CMS pay-for-performance claims-based outcomes such as mortality, readmission, and patient safety measures. This...
Every day CDI specialists and coding professionals struggle with the question: Is this a complication or an expected outcome of surgery? With an increase in publicly reported physician and hospital data, accurately reporting complications is vital to the...
This session will provide detailed clinical criteria used to diagnose complex medical conditions that are frequently underreported. A boardcertified, Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine physician will guide you through clinical vignettes to arrive...
