In the spring, AHIMA released its “Guidance for Clinical Documentation Improvement Programs” in the Journal of AHIMA and also published its...Read More »
At the September 15, 2010 ICD-9-CM Coordination & Maintenance Committee Meeting, the committee implemented a partial freeze for both ICD-9-CM...Read More »
Patients who survive sepsis infections face a long battle with cognitive and physical decline, according to research from University of Michigan...Read More »
Kaiser Permanente recently donated its electronic database of medical terminology to the National Library of Medicine and the International...Read More »
Realizing that the go-live date won’t change, some facilities already have organization-wide ICD-10 implementation strategies in place. If your...Read More »
Recent approval of a RAC issue for inpatient hospital claims review has initiated uncertainty and places an onus on providers to lean on CMS...Read More »
As facilities vie for government incentives to implement electronic health record systems they may find CDI programs provide a hidden benefit....Read More »
Confusing coding guidelines and insufficient documentation have made neoplasms a target area as HealthDataInsights—the RAC for Region D—recently...Read More »
