May 2018

Time’s ‘100 Most Influential People 2018’ featured 4 healthcare individuals — here’s who they are

By Alyssa Rege for Becker’s Hospital Review Time released its annual “100 Most Influential People of 2018” April 19, and four healthcare individuals made the cut. The annual list features influential individuals from various fields, including figures in the entertainment industry, activists, Olympic athletes and business executives. “The Time 100 is a list of the world’s…

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Feeling the Burn: Confessions of a Formerly Burned Out Coder

By Kristi Pollard, RHIT, CCS, CPC, CIRCC, AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer for ICD10 Monitor Ten strategies for avoiding burnout are provided by the author. On any given day, if you walked into my home office, you might think you were in a spa. The walls are painted a soothing aqua color (at least, I think it’s soothing),…

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In Outpatient CDI, Timing is Everything

Article by Susan Richards Morgan, CCS, CPHQ, CPC, CDEO, CRC, CPMA, CEMC, CPC-I. This article was originally published on the A Journal of AHIMA Blog on April 25, 2018 and is republished here with permission. Currently, most clinical documentation improvement (CDI) programs have been developed inside hospitals with an inpatient focus. Medicare generally expects an inpatient admission to need two…

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Why the healthcare industry could face an ultimatum: Keep hiring or lower costs

By Beth Jones Sanborn for Healthcare Finance News While the healthcare industry has been much-lauded for continued job growth, adding jobs on a consistent basis, experts say that economic boost may be a double-edged sword, bolstering one of the most lamented aspects of the healthcare industry, rising costs. In a JAMA Viewpoint post, authors Jonathan…

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Auditing Issues Uncovered in Physician Documentation: Part I

By Terry Fletcher BS, CPC, CCC, CEMC, CCS, CCS-P, CMC, CMCSC, CMCS, ACS-CA, SCP-CA for ICD10 Monitor Physician documentation issues during an audit go beyond CDI. EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a four-part series that examines physician documentation issues as seen by an auditor. One of the services I offer, aside from coding…

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