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By Leslie Kriegstein, Vice President of Congressional Affairs, CHIME for Healthcare Informatics Dr. Price’s Nomination to be Secretary of HHS Advances Key Takeaway: President Trump’s nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Dr. Tom Price (R-GA), is set to be considered by the full Senate to become the nation’s chief healthcare…
Article bySteven Robinson, MS, PA, RN, CDIP. This article was originally published on the Journal of AHIMA website on February 2, 2017 and is republished here with permission. The role of a clinical documentation professional is increasingly critical to improved patient outcomes. Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) concurrent review efforts result in better accuracy of severity of illness and…
By James Swann for Bloomberg BNA A Dallas pediatric hospital is on the hook for a $3.2 million penalty after years of noncompliance with a federal health data security rule and after failing to request a hearing on the penalty. Children’s Medical Center of Dallas filed data breach reports with the Health and Human Services Office…
By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review February 6, 2017 Here is a list of the 50 states and the District of Columbia ranked by total number of hospital inpatient days per 1,000 residents. This list is based on data from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Data was accessed Feb. 6. Data includes information for community hospitals, which…
CONCORD, OH – February 7, 2017 CONCORD, Ohio — Dolbey has earned the 2017 Category Leader award from KLAS, the leading health care research company. Every year, KLAS collects evaluations from health care providers regarding the technology and services they use. From those evaluations, KLAS ranks the best of the best across many categories. Dolbey’s…