It may not be skydiving, but the top item on the "bucket list" of Terry Edwards, MD, is a bold leap in an age of ever larger healthcare conglomerates. This spring, Edwards will launch his own primary care practice in...
CMS Mulls Regulating Shared Space in Provider-based Settings
At the American Health Lawyers Association Medicare and Medicaid conference in March, David Wright, acting deputy director for the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) described...
Coding Clinic Offers Important Guidelines for Coding BMI
Spring has arrived in the Northeast and people are getting back to their exercise schedules. I was thinking about this topic as I was reading Coding Clinic, Fourth Quarter 2018. One of the big topics in this issue is body mass index (BMI) (Z68.-).
Data expert lays bare PDPM myths, truths, observations
The Patient-Driven Payment Model is the biggest overhaul of nursing home reimbursement in at least a generation, but it is only a temporary fix, cautioned an expert at the recent National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care’s spring meeting.
Coding of Diseases Being Reported in the Main Street News
Diseases and procedures are hitting the news. Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that 35 people had reported seizures (R56.9) after using electronic cigarettes (F17.290). The seizures were...
When efficiency is not truly efficient, after all. “Efficiency” may be defined in many ways, including the following, as described by dictionary.com: Able to accomplish something with the least waste of time and effort...
