Despite the recent news of a delay in the implantation date, ICD-10 remains a priority for healthcare, and those hospital executives who aren’t concerned about… Read More »ICD-10 Staffing Concerns Remain: 6 Questions to Fine Tune Your HIM Budget
In preparation for ICD-10, the federal government developed GEMs, a translation tool to aid in converting data from ICD-9 to 10, and vice versa. But… Read More »Is Use of GEMs to Prepare for ICD-10 Wise?
While many hospitals have been steadfast at developing and refining inpatient clinical documentation improvement (CDI) programs, the implementation of outpatient CDI initiatives seems to be… Read More »CDI Broadens Its Reach
Last October, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its work plan for fiscal year (FY) 2013, an event that sometimes can trigger anxiety among… Read More »2013 OIG Work Plan: HHS Targets Three Areas
On the journey to revenue integrity, coding matters. So much is lost when coding is incorrect or incomplete. Consistent, regularly scheduled coding validation audits measure… Read More »Coding Audits That Matter: An Investment Worth Making
Thomas Edison. Nickolas Tesla. Two hundred years ago, Edison and Tesla proposed different approaches to solve the same, unified problem — how to illuminate the… Read More »End-to-End Testing for ICD-10: A Primer for Healthcare Executives