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Study finds relationship between readmission rates, adverse events in hospitals. Medical coding plays a key role in research.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35639379/
How can primary care practices use data to improve patient care? Check out this guide from AHRQ for some tips.
https://www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/transform-qi/deliver-facilitation/healthit-advisor-handbook.html
Check out these 10 hospitals seeking revenue cycle management talent.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/10-hospitals-seeking-rcm-talent-51.html
Top-ranked hospitals haven’t complied with price transparency rules.
https://www.bakerinstitute.org/media/files/files/2ce91159/bi-report-051222-chb-hospital-prices.pdf
2023 ICD-10-PCS codes are now available on the CMS website.
https://www.cms.gov/medicare/icd-10/2023-icd-10-pcs
OIG orders Vanderbilt University Medical Center to refund $686,500 in estimated outpatient outlier net overpayments for incorrectly billed claims.
https://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region6/62004003.asp
Beware: Medicare Part B add-on payments for COVID-19 tests now on the OIG’s radar.
https://oig.hhs.gov/reports-and-publications/workplan/summary/wp-summary-0000706.asp
When it comes to social determinants of health, most members of Generation Z say they want their healthcare providers to ask questions, a recent survey found.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/954246
Looking for an AHIMA scholarship? The AHIMA Foundation is offering $100,000 in scholarships, and applications are due August 31, 2022.
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/06/03/2456183/0/en/AHIMA-FOUNDATION-OFFERS-100K-IN-SCHOLARSHIPS.html
How can your health system ensure resiliency? By focusing on these five priorities: Technology and service delivery, governance, healthcare workforce, data innovation, and finance.
https://www.philips.com/c-dam/corporate/newscenter/global/standard/resources/healthcare/2022/health-system-resilience/philips-healthcare-resillience-report-2022.pdf
In late May, CMS will issue a Comparative Billing Report (CBR) on Medicare Part B claims for critical care evaluation and management services.
https://www.cms.gov/outreach-and-educationoutreachffsprovpartprogprovider-partnership-email-archive/2022-05-26-mlnc#_Toc104367384
44% of Americans avoid getting healthcare services because they are unsure of the costs, a recent survey found.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220524005147/en/New-Research-Shows-More-Americans-Avoiding-Healthcare-Due-to-Uncertainty-About-Costs
A recent study found that during the first two months of 2022, the No Surprises Act prevented more than 2,000,000 potential surprise medical bills across all commercially insured patients.
https://www.ahip.org/documents/202205-AHIP-BCBSA_NSA-Survey-v02.pdf
Across most specialties, the majority of physicians (at least 80%) accept new patients with Medicare and private insurance, a recent study found.
https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/most-office-based-physicians-accept-new-patients-including-patients-with-medicare-and-private-insurance/?utm_campaign=KFF-2022-Medicare&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=212915028&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9PJ0m5jyWhr1Q2ByDfJ_Ej_RHEFobfQWnKoh_I9PHOrge-mrGUc8IAxoK75A14k05YAmQaETRxYw0u2ohrmNhTudtnRA&utm_content=212915028&utm_source=hs_email
Decreasing physician burnout may also decrease U.S. health expenditures.
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025619621007096
Curbing physician and medical staff burnout—here are 11 actions healthcare organizations can take now.
https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/downloads/health-worker-burnout-advisory.pdf
Digital health literacy screening tool can help identify, address care gaps, according to one recent study.
https://formative.jmir.org/2022/4/e36043
Got questions about Medicare coverage of telehealth? This article from KFF has answers.
https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/faqs-on-medicare-coverage-of-telehealth/
More healthcare transparency means doctors need to choose their words carefully.
https://www.axios.com/2022/05/23/language-in-medical-records-may-be-due-for-an-update-studies-argue
Chronic care management: Refer to this updated CMS guide to ensure accurate coding.
https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/Downloads/ChronicCareManagement.pdf
More than 57 percent of health systems and hospitals have more than 100 open roles to fill across their operations. RCM talent is in high demand.
https://akasa.com/press/filling-the-gaps/
The shift from paper to electronic health records has made patient health information more accessible to hackers. Protect patient information.
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2022/05/18/ransomware-attacks-on-hospitals-put-patients-at-risk
Sharing clinical notes with patients is federally mandated, and it has important benefits as well.
https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/digital/5-positives-sharing-clinical-notes-your-patients
All mobile health apps that are valuable to patients have several key features in common. Data privacy and transfer are two of them. Do you know the others?
https://mhealthintelligence.com/features/key-features-of-mhealth-apps-trends-in-use
Health tech coalition makes interoperability recommendations that include the standardization, collection, and use of social determinants of health; improved public health data; and more.
https://health-innovation.org/press-releases/2022/5/11/healthcare-interoperability-report
Social determinants of health: If you don't code them, they won’t show up on claims and won’t be considered in terms of additional reimbursement.
https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/cpt/social-determinants-health-and-medical-coding-what-know
Social determinants of health: If you don't code them, they won’t show up on claims and won’t be considered in terms of additional reimbursement.
https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/cpt/social-determinants-health-and-medical-coding-what-know
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