Don’t Complicate Complications
The coding of complications should be based on the documentation in the medical record, the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (OGCR), or both.
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The Importance of Social Determinants of Health in Times of Crisis
SDOH are socioeconomic factors that have been shown to be fundamental to the wellbeing of a population and are key determinants in population health.
Social Workers and the Coronavirus Pandemic
Social Workers and the Coronavirus Pandemic Social workers may not be the ones interviewed or the subject of headlines but make no mistake, if it is on the 6:00 pm world news, social workers are already well aware of emerging healthcare crises.
Cancer Registry and Coding: The Hidden Relationship
Cancer registry data collection starts with a process known as case-finding or case ascertainment, and it is exactly that, finding cases that must be included in a reporting facility’s cancer registry.
New and Expanded Revenue Cycle Solutions (RCS) Education Webinar Series in 2020
RCS Education is excited to announce a new and expanded Webinar Series schedule for 2020, offering a minimum of 3 educational webinars per month!
Hot Job: Case Management Supervisor
As a Case Management Supervisor, you’ll be responsible for the many aspects of case management within your medical unit, including care coordination, utilization review, discharge planning and weekend supervisor responsibilities.
Online Digital E/M Services
New for 2020 are Evaluation and Management (E/M) codes to report online digital services. The purpose of these codes is to report physician/qualified health care professionals (QHPs) and nonphysician time spent performing E/M services in response to patient-initiated inquiries within online digital environments such as patient portals.
The Trauma Service; can it be the hospital barometer of quality of care?
One of the overlooked and underutilized benefits of the Trauma Performance Improvement function on a hospital wide quality perspective is the capability of viewing a smaller more condensed version of the patient population.
How To Transition Individual Performance Improvement to Systemic Performance Improvement.
Trauma Performance Improvement (PI) is a process that identifies trauma patients who are treated at your facility with the focus of evaluating and improving the multidisciplinary processes of care.