Why it's time for hospitals to craft a policy for handling antibiotic-resistant infections
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A new analysis shows that resistance costs the healthcare industry more than $2 billion annually and can easily surpass $1,000 per patient.
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CMS Next Generation ACO Changes Prompt Early Exits, Potential Lawsuit
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The departure of seven accountable care organizations from CMS' Next Generation ACO Model program will likely not threaten the viability of the program, but the reasons behind the early exit are costing providers millions. Click Here to Read More
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Dr. Erica Remer Shares Five Clinical Documentation "Don'ts"
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ICD-10 expert Erica Remer, MD, noted the pitfalls of copying and pasting information when it comes to clinical documentation. While it might be tempting to take a shortcut, Dr. Remer said, documenting fresh information is better in the long-run — and will take less time than disputing denials that result from
mistakes.
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How Henry Ford redefined Their IT Operations and Won a Davies For It
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“Every great story starts with a tipping point. You have to have something that made you make a Herculean change.” For Detroit’s Davies Award-winning Henry Ford Health System, that came around 2009 as they faced a significant challenge thanks to a splintered legacy record system that involved, among other things, 25 different systems where patients could be
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News Alert: C & M Meeting: List of Requests for New Codes Smaller This Year |
“Communication, collaboration, and coding” are three words that describe the March 6 and 7 ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance meetings in Baltimore last Tuesday and Wednesday. The meetings were conducted at the headquarters of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in Baltimore. Click Here to Read More
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