10 Examples Of Customer Experience Innovation In Healthcare
Published: Fri, 08/24/18
10 E amples Of Customer E perience Innovation In Healthcare The Latin root for "hospital" is from Old French “hoste," which means "host" or “guest."…
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Severe Protein Calories Malnutrition in the OIG Crosshairs
Published: Thu, 08/23/18
Severe Protein Calories Malnutrition in the OIG Crosshairs The diagnosis of severe protein calorie malnutrition is under high scrutiny from the…
8 Medical Coding Mistakes That Could Cost You
Published: Wed, 08/22/18
8 Medical Coding Mistakes That Could Cost You Government and private insurers’ audits have revealed unfortunate cases of fraudulent or abusive medical…
CMS Strengthens Decentralization Push, Gives States More Medicaid Authority
Published: Tue, 08/21/18
CMS Strengthens Decentralization Push, Gives States More Medicaid Authority Aiming to cut down on regulatory burdens and give more power to states,…
Is it Patients over Paperwork, or Providers over Patients?
Published: Mon, 08/20/18
Is it Patients over Paperwork, or Providers over Patients? Has my entire career been based on a lie? For 33 years, I have been espousing the party…
CMS Gives $925M Payment Boost to Post-Acute Providers
Published: Fri, 08/17/18
CMS Gives $925M Payment Boost to Post-Acute Providers CMS issued final rules July 31 that increase payments to inpatient rehabilitation facilities and…
Are HIM Coding Professionals Qualified to Query for Clinical Validity? Part II
Published: Thu, 08/16/18
Are HIM Coding Professionals Qualified to Query for Clinical Validity? Part II I want to highlight some of the comments, opinions, and questions…
HIM Coding Professionals Told They’re Not Qualified to Query for Clinical Validity
Published: Wed, 08/15/18
HIM Coding Professionals Told They’re Not Qualified to Query for Clinical Validity For nearly a century, since Grace W. Myers of Massachusetts General…
OIG: Open Payments Program Needs to Improve Data
Published: Tue, 08/14/18
OIG: Open Payments Program Needs to Improve Data The Open Payments database needs to improve the accuracy, precision and consistency of some of its…
CMS Moves Medicare Payments for Skilled Nursing Facilities to Value
Published: Mon, 08/13/18
CMS Moves Medicare Payments for Skilled Nursing Facilities to Value CMS recently finalized a rule that will shift the Medicare payment system for…