I want to highlight some of the comments, opinions, and questions shared with me after people listened to Talk-Ten-Tuesdays and/or read Part I of this series. It is important to note that this is not a fight between nurses and coding professionals, but an issue of competency, focusing on whether the necessary qualifications and skills exist.

For nearly a century, since Grace W. Myers of Massachusetts General Hospital became the first medical records librarian in the early 1900s and the American College of Surgeons (ACOS) sought to improve the standards of medical records being created in clinical settings in 1928, documentation trends have continued to make news. Today, thanks to the implementation of...

The Open Payments database needs to improve the accuracy, precision and consistency of some of its data to ensure doctor financial transparency and help consumers better use the information. That’s the finding of an audit by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General.