What Should Hospital Administrators Concentrate More On?
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Hospital administrators have to juggle between various tasks like managing finances, projects and the usual daily hospital operations. To top it all, the priorities are constantly changing from one department to another. Consequently, it is very important to know which task takes precedence over the others. Click Here to Read More
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Remote CDI: A Remote Possibility? |
During a recent edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, Dr. Erica Remer responded to a listener’s question about clinical documentation integrity specialist (CDIS) working remotely. Here is Dr. Remer’s response.
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C&M Update: Enhancements to ICD-10 Continue |
The ICD-10-CM/PCS Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee met this past week, and there were lots of proposed enhancements to the code set presented and discussed. According to the Oxford dictionary, “enhancement” means an increase or improvement in quality, value, or extent.
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ICD-10 Codes Aren't Oppressive After All
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Alexander Miller, M.D., a dermatologist in Yorba Linda, Calif., has a simple message for colleagues grappling with the new ICD-10 codes: Don't panic! "It's just a matter of restructuring one's thinking," Dr. Miller tells Dermatology Times. "It was no problem for us to handle these codes," he says, even in his office that continues to rely on paper health
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Contact with Nonvenomous Frog, Subsequent Encounter
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St. Joseph’s Healthcare System (SJHS)in Paterson and Wayne, N.J. is truly an ICD-10 success story. Under a new administration and clinical documentation management process (CDMP) program, System physicians spent 2015 immersed in a system-wide effort to transform their ICD-10 awareness and anxiety into lasting, proficient, and efficient documentation skills to satisfy medical and coding
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