Quality & Regulatory

by Melissa Varnavas

Healthcare has often been referred to a both a science and an art. Nevertheless, the healthcare industry...Read More »

Time to take action

With the help of our hospital quality improvement (QI) committees, we can take action to restore the...Read More »

CDI specialists likely know the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) as the proverbial keepers of...Read More »

The Coordination and Maintenance Committee met at the CMS headquarters on March 7-8 to discuss the proposed new ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes for...Read More »

Editor’s Note: Over the coming weeks leading up to the conference, we’ll take some time to introduce members to a...Read More »

The third reason that the discharge summary is more important than the H&P is that, given that the ICD-10-CM principal diagnosis establishes...Read More »

Healthcare in America is in flux. Although tabled on Friday, March 24, the proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA) – the attempted replacement...Read More »

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The U.S. Justice Department is investigating several health insurers over whistle-blower allegations that they fraudulently collected millions in...Read More »